Rewiring a home, upgrading a panel, and others
Rewiring a home, upgrading a panel, and others - Quotes - Brainstorming Ideas
Hey All. Buying a home that has 2 wire.
Key details:
- 1951 home
- 670 Sqft.
- Single Level on Slab foundation.
- 100 Amp outside panel
- In Washington State, I can pull a permit myself to do the work.
- I've gotten quotes for just the rewire, $15k - $50K
Looking to:
- Rewire home so its properly grounded and up to 2023 NEC code.
- Upgrade to 200 or 400 amp service for garage + ADU's
- Update Panel
- Add 100 amp sub-panel to garage.
Key understanding of current code:
- 12/2 Romex for Bed, Bath, Kitchen, Living Room, Laundry with 20 Amp breakers
- 2 20amp circuits in Kitchen
- Dryer gets 10/3, 30 amp
- Range either 6/3 or 8/3
- Dedicated circuit for:
- Microwave
- Dishwasher
- Garbage disposal
- Fridge
- Bathroom
- Laundry
- Every 12ft on wall gets an outlet
- Wall larger than 2ft gets an outlet
- Every 4 feet on counters in kitchen
- AFCI and GFCI Protection, especially GFCI within 3 feet of water source and outside
- Properly bonding to panel
- 2.25 cu in for #12 wire for box fill requirements
- Staples within 8" of plastic, 12 if metal, then every 4.5 ft.
- 1.25" from stud edge
- 12/3 Romex for switches
- Fire foam for top plates
- Boxes mounted flush with drywall
- THHN/THWN-2 #3 copper or #1 aluminum for 100A subpanel
Questions:
- As I will be pulling a permit and getting it properly inspected, would the liability be on me or the inspector?
- If I were to fish the wire through the walls so they are at the outlet/fan/light/panel, would an electrician wire each end so its done correctly?
- Does the Inspector need to see the full wire or just where its stapled and at each end? do I need to cut the drywall for the whole run?
- Any tips that you might have?
Obviously wish I could have went to school to learn Electricity or have the $ to pay an electrician to do the whole job, unfortunately that isn't the case so will be looking to get this done myself.
Posted May 1, 2026, 3:41 AM UTC
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