About Standard Electric
Standard Electric has spent decades wiring the South End, Back Bay, and the triple-deckers that stretch from Dorchester to Somerville, which means we've seen more knob-and-tube wiring than most contractors will see in a career. When we open a wall in a pre-war building and find brittle cloth insulation and ceramic knobs from the 1920s, we don't treat it as a surprise — we treat it as Tuesday, and we walk homeowners through a code-compliant remediation plan before a single wire gets pulled.
A lot of our calls start the same way: a homeowner's panel is maxed out at 60 or 100 amps and can't support a new heat pump, an EV charger, or a kitchen renovation. We handle the full heavy-up to 200A service, coordinating with Eversource and the local inspector so the upgrade gets done right the first time, not reopened for a failed inspection. Our crews show up on schedule, protect floors and finishes, and leave a jobsite as clean as they found it.
We also get a steady stream of design-driven work — architects and homeowners who want recessed lighting layouts that actually respect a ceiling's sightlines instead of a generic grid. That's detail work, and it's the same standard we apply to every job, whether it's a single outlet or a full-service rewire. Boston trusts us because we've been straight with this city for a long time, and our reviews reflect crews who show up, know the housing stock, and get it right.