Since 2009
A small shop that is fussy about paperwork.
Seventeen years in two counties, doing the parts of this trade that do not show up in a photograph: the directory, the permit, the load calculation, the photograph of the wall before it closed.
- Founded
- 2009
- Years trading
- 17
- Counties
- 2
- Commission paid
- None
The idea
Most electrical complaints are not about electricity.
They are about not being told. Not being told what it was, not being told what it would cost before it cost that, not being told that the thing behind the wall was going to be covered up and never photographed.
The technical work in this trade has an answer. It is measurable, it is codified, and a competent electrician and a good one will usually reach the same conclusion. What separates them is everything around it — and that part is entirely a choice about how a business is run.
What we chose
Electricians paid for the work rather than the ticket. Diagnostics before parts. Permits filed rather than avoided. A written directory in every panel. Photographs of anything about to be covered. And, when a panel has twenty good years left, saying so.
It is slower. It costs us the occasional easy sale. It is also why most of our work arrives through somebody who has already had us out once.
What we fit
- Square D
- Eaton
- Siemens
- Leviton
- Lutron
- Generac
We fit several manufacturers rather than one. A shop tied to a single brand will always find a reason your house needs that brand.
Who you are calling
Dana Whitlock
Owner, master electrician
Dana spent nine years as a service electrician for a company that ran its board on a whiteboard and its estimates on a hunch. The work was good. Everything around the work was not, and the customers were the ones who paid for that.
Wrenfield opened in 2009 with a rule that has not moved since: every panel we touch leaves with a legible directory taped inside the door. It is a small thing. It is also the fastest way to tell whether the person who worked on your house was in a hurry.
- Master electrician on staff
- Every electrician background-checked
- Family-run and locally owned
- Licensed, insured and bonded in North Carolina
A licence number would normally be printed here and in the footer. This is a demonstration site for a company that does not exist, so it is deliberately blank rather than invented — a licence number is a claim anyone can check.
Why this one
Six habits that cost us time and save you money.
- 01
The directory gets typed
Every panel we work in leaves with a legible, accurate circuit directory inside the door. It costs us twenty minutes and it is the fastest way to tell whether the last person was in a hurry.
- 02
Measurement before opinion
Load readings, voltage, continuity. A number you can see beats a diagnosis you have to take on trust, and it is the difference between finding a fault and replacing parts until the symptom stops.
- 03
Nobody works on commission
Our electricians are paid for the work, not for the size of the invoice. It is the reason one of them will happily tell you the fix is a fourteen-dollar device on a house where a panel change was clearly available.
- 04
We file the permit
Panels, service changes, EV circuits and transfer switches are inspected work. We file it, meet the inspector, and hand you the record — instead of leaving an undocumented panel for a future buyer’s surveyor to find.
- 05
The photograph before the drywall
Anything that gets covered up gets photographed first, and the photographs go to you. In ten years, when somebody wants to know what is in that wall, there will be an answer.
- 06
We say when it is fine
A good proportion of the panels we are called out to assess have twenty good years left. Being told that, by the person who could have sold you the alternative, is worth more than any guarantee.
Permits & paperwork
We pull the permit. You do not have to know that we did.
Panel changes, service upgrades, new circuits, EV chargers and generator transfer switches are permitted and inspected work. We file it, we meet the inspector, and the paperwork ends up with you rather than in a filing cabinet.
An unpermitted panel is the sort of thing that surfaces at the worst possible moment — when the house is under contract, or when an insurer asks a question after a claim.
- Workmanship
- 3 years on our workmanship
- Equipment
- Manufacturer terms on the equipment we supply
Equipment coverage comes from the manufacturer and varies by product. We register what needs registering and send you the confirmation rather than leaving it on your list.
How it goes
Four steps, and you are told the price before the third one.
- 01
You tell us what you are noticing
Not a diagnosis — a description. Which room, what it does, when it started. Half of what an electrician needs is in that sentence.
- 02
We arrive inside the window
A real arrival window, given when the job is booked, and a call if anything moves. Most service calls are the same working day.
- 03
Diagnosis, then a price
We find it, we show you the reading, and the price is agreed at your kitchen table before anything is opened up.
- 04
The work, and the paperwork
The repair, the permit where one is needed, the inspection, the photographs of anything getting covered, and a directory you can read.
Book it
Tell us what the house is doing.
Four fields and a sentence. Someone calls you back with a real arrival window — usually the same working day.
(555) 555-0142Monday – Friday: 7:00 am – 6:00 pmSaturday: 8:00 am – 2:00 pmSunday: Urgent calls only
A modern house at dusk with the windows lit from inside