shopguy
New Member
I'm working on a major home renovation and am debating calling an electrician for advice. Nothing I'm doing is going through permits, except for new HVAC system and pool renovations, and this 40 year old house has tons of unpermitted work already. This is typical of all houses in this area, nobody pulls permits for remodels, including additions -- permits are just for major new appliances, new gas furnace, swimming pool, new A/C (but technically a permit is required for everything, even just moving an outlet 2 feet). So I don't want to get inspectors out here, since I'm not sure what they will say about all the other existing stuff. If I have an electrician come out to give me advice, and again to inspect my work later, are they going to report me for doing unpermitted work, or not be willing to help me anyway because I'm not pulling permits?
Also, I may want to upgrade the panel (100amp to 200amp), which will require a permit. If I do all the inside wiring (correctly, with help) and close the walls back up, then after that have someone upgrade the panel, would it matter that I just upgraded all the wiring inside the home (without permits)?
Lastly... if I did want to do everything fully by the book, permits and professionals, how bad is it to rewire a home that has additions and remodels that didn't have a permit? For example, if the home had a room added 20 years ago, and now I want the electrical inspected, are they going to tell me I have to tear down the room because it doesn't have a permit? I mean, a lot of these things have been here before I bought the home, and it wasn't an issue for the appraisal or sell process, so is it really an issue 20-30 years after the fact?
Also, I may want to upgrade the panel (100amp to 200amp), which will require a permit. If I do all the inside wiring (correctly, with help) and close the walls back up, then after that have someone upgrade the panel, would it matter that I just upgraded all the wiring inside the home (without permits)?
Lastly... if I did want to do everything fully by the book, permits and professionals, how bad is it to rewire a home that has additions and remodels that didn't have a permit? For example, if the home had a room added 20 years ago, and now I want the electrical inspected, are they going to tell me I have to tear down the room because it doesn't have a permit? I mean, a lot of these things have been here before I bought the home, and it wasn't an issue for the appraisal or sell process, so is it really an issue 20-30 years after the fact?