Charlotte ADU, shop and remodel panels
Licensed Electrical Panel Installation in Charlotte, NC
Charlotte's Unified Development Ordinance, in effect since June 1, 2023, sets the rules for backyard apartments. Convert the garage behind a Dilworth bungalow into one and it needs a panel of its own, which we install under a Mecklenburg County permit and inspection.
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Panels for the rooms Charlotte homes are adding
We look at the panel you already have before drawing up a new one. A sound box with one scorched breaker is a job for electrical panel repair in Charlotte, not a replacement. When the house is gaining rooms, an outbuilding or a new spot for its panel, installation is what we quote.
ADU circuits kept separate
Where the main service has room, a backyard apartment gets a subpanel of its own, so its kitchen and water heater never share breakers with the house.
Breakers placed before drywall
A remodel in a 1920s Myers Park house gets a new main panel laid out for the range, dishwasher and microwave circuits before drywall closes.
Upstairs room, nearby breakers
When the bonus room over the garage in a newer Ballantyne house is finished, a nearby subpanel feeds its lights, outlets and mini split with breakers to spare.
Shop tools off house circuits
A detached workshop gets an underground feeder and a subpanel with the grounding a separate building requires, so the saw and dust collector run on breakers out there.
Panel moved out of closet
If an addition to a NoDa mill house boxed the panel inside a closet, relocation moves it to a wall with the working clearance the electrical code requires.
Typed labels, county inspection
Each breaker is traced to its room and typed onto the panel directory, and the finished installation is inspected by Mecklenburg County Code Enforcement.
What Roland Black brings to a new Charlotte panel
ADU feeders sized on paper
Before we size a feeder to a backyard apartment or shop, our licensed electricians run a written load calculation on the main service, so a subpanel never borrows amps the house does not have.
Licensed name on the permit
Every panel we install in Charlotte is wired by our licensed electricians under NC and SC license #34773, and that license is the one on the permit filed with Mecklenburg County.
Duke told before the seal breaks
A new main panel or a relocation usually means pulling the Duke Energy meter, so we notify Duke before the seal is broken and line up reconnection once the county inspection passes.
Ten years on the install
Each panel installation carries our 10-year warranty, and financing is available for homeowners who would rather pay for an ADU conversion or kitchen remodel in installments.
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Roland Black, in Gastonia since 1973, has a 4.9 Google rating built on 1,180+ reviews, and the phone at (980) 206-3523 is answered 24/7.
Before you add a panel in Charlotte
No, the county does. Mecklenburg County Code Enforcement, a division of LUESA, handles Charlotte addresses, along with Pineville, Mint Hill, Matthews, Huntersville, Davidson and Cornelius. Installing a main panel, adding a subpanel or moving a panel is permitted electrical work, so we submit the application, book the inspection and stand beside the county inspector while it is checked.
Often, yes, and it can usually feed from your house if the main service has capacity to spare. We run a load calculation first, then trench a feeder to the building, set the subpanel and install the grounding electrode a separate structure needs. Charlotte's Unified Development Ordinance governs the apartment itself, including its size relative to the main house, so confirm zoning with the city's planning staff while we plan the wiring.
We start from the remodel plans, not the old panel. Each new kitchen, bath and laundry circuit gets a planned breaker space, spare spaces are left for later loads such as an EV charger, and every existing circuit is traced before it moves over. In a century-old Myers Park or Dilworth house, that tracing is where unlabeled circuits from past owners get sorted out.
Building out back in Charlotte? Plan the panel first
Call (980) 206-3523, or use the form to tell us what you are adding, whether an apartment, a shop or a finished room. We will check your existing service and send a free written quote.
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