“Henri opened one bedroom wall, showed me the cloth wiring, and left a drawing of every circuit at the panel. I could see what we were paying for.”
Marian P.Rewiring, West End
Electrician · Portland, Maine
Planned electrical work, done in daylight.
Panels, rewiring, lighting and new circuits for houses in and around Portland. I work Monday to Friday in the daytime, and I don't do emergency work. Pick a season and we plan the job.
Monday – Thursday
7:00 am – 3:30 pmFriday
7:00 am – noonNights and weekends
Closed. No emergency work.
Messages left outside these hours wait for the next working day.
Who to call
Planned work is mine. Emergencies are not.
For fire or smoke, call 911. If it is safe to reach, turn off the breaker. Then call an emergency electrician or your power company.
Call someone else for
A panel that is hot, scorched or smells of burning
Sparks, or a shock from a switch or an outlet
Water near wiring
An outage or a line down: your power company
Call me for
A panel replacement or a bigger service, scheduled
Rewiring a room, a floor or a whole house
New lights, dimmers and switches
Circuits for a heat pump, an induction range or a car charger
Booking by season
Choose the season, and I will offer dates in it
I don't keep a waiting list. Tell me the season you want and I will offer dates inside it.
- Dec – Feb
Winter
Work inside, while the walls can be opened and you are home: rewiring, circuits for a heat pump or an induction range, light for the dark afternoons.
- Mar – May
Spring
Panel and service upgrades, with the inspection booked ahead. Mud season keeps outdoor trenching off the calendar until the ground is firm.
- Jun – Aug
Summer
Outdoor work: exterior lights, outlets, a feeder to a garage or barn, and car-charger circuits. Dry ground and long days.
- Sep – Nov
Fall
Finishing before the heating season: smoke and CO alarms, a panel check, the jobs you meant to book in July.
What I take on
Three kinds of job, each planned in advance
Old-house rewiring
Cloth-wrapped cable, knob-and-tube and plaster walls, opened a room at a time.
Rewiring an old house
Panels and new circuits
A bigger service, a new panel, and the circuits for a heat pump, an induction range or a car charger.
Panels and circuits
Lighting and switches
Fixtures, dimmers, switches and outdoor lights, put where you will use them.
Lighting and switches
One electrician
The person who walks the house is the person who does the work.
I work alone. That is why I don't take emergency work, and why you meet the person who will be on the ladder when I come to the estimate.
Estimate, permit and inspection booked by me
A drawing of every circuit left at the panel
Floors covered and dust sheets up each day
Walls left open for you to patch and paint, and said so on the estimate
Henri Fournier
Owner and master electrician
Services
How pricing works
No prices on this page, because every house is different. Here is what moves the number.
What decides the price
Most of the price is in the walls, not the fixtures.
Whether the wall or attic is open or finished
How far the new run is from the panel
The age and condition of the wiring I find
What the panel can carry
What the estimate includes, and what it doesn't
A written estimate lists the work in plain lines, with the permit and the inspection on their own.
Labor and materials, line by line
Not included: drywall repair and paint
Not included: the power company's own fees
What happens at the visit
I come to the house, look at the work and the panel, and measure. I don't quote a number on the spot. The visit has a set fee, written on the estimate and credited to the job if you hire me.
When you get the number
The estimate arrives in writing after the visit, as one price for the job as written. If I open a wall and find something else, I stop and we talk before the price changes.
Licensed in Maine
Whose license is on the work
Maine licenses electricians. The number is in the footer of every page, and you can look it up yourself.
License
Master Electrician
ME Lic. 000000 · Maine Electricians' Examining Board
Can plan the work, sign for it and pull permits for new wiring.
Insurance
General liability insurance
Covers damage to your property while I work. Ask for the certificate before the job starts.
What customers say about planned work
“We picked winter for the kitchen circuits so nothing was torn up in summer. The dates in the estimate held, and the floors were covered every day.”
Tobias W.Induction range circuit, South Portland
“He said plainly that he doesn't do emergencies, and gave me the number to keep on the fridge. Then he spent an hour on the porch light I'd been putting off.”
Gwen A.Outdoor lighting, Cape Elizabeth
Sample reviews.
Service area
Houses from Freeport to Saco
Short drives keep the working day for the work. If your town is not listed, send the address and I will say.
Cumberland County
- Portland
- South Portland
- Cape Elizabeth
- Falmouth
- Cumberland
- Yarmouth
- Westbrook
- Scarborough
- Gorham
- Freeport
York County
- Saco
I don't work north of Freeport, south of Saco or on the islands in Casco Bay.
Questions
The ones people ask first
Do you do emergency work?
No. I don't do emergency work, evenings, weekends or holidays. For fire or smoke, call 911. For a burning smell, sparks, a hot or scorched panel or outlet, water near wiring or a shock, leave the area; if it is safe to reach, turn off the breaker, then call an emergency electrician. For an outage or a line down, call your power company.
Why don't you do emergency work?
I work alone. Wiring a panel at two in the morning, tired, with no one to check the work, is not careful work. I would rather tell you now who to call than say yes and do a worse job.
How do I book?
Pick the season you want on the contact form, or call in working hours. I will offer dates inside that season and put them in writing with the estimate.
Do you pull permits?
Where the work needs one, I pull the permit and book the inspection. Your town's inspector has the last word on what needs a permit, so I ask before I quote.
What does the visit cost?
The visit has a set fee, written on the estimate and credited to the job if you hire me. Ask what it is when you book.
Do you take small jobs?
Yes, if they can wait for a planned day. I group them: a dead outlet, three switches and a fixture can go on one visit. I don't make a trip for one outlet.
Pick a season and a job
Tell me what you want done and when. I will offer dates inside that season.
Phone(207) 555-0100
Hours
- Monday – ThursdayToday
- 7:00 am – 3:30 pm
- FridayToday
- 7:00 am – 12:00 pm
- Saturday – SundayToday
- Closed