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  • Serving Kansas City Metro
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Whole Home Rewiring: Modern Safety Solutions for Historic Homes

Whole Home Rewiring

Modern Safety for Historic Homes
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(816) 317-0061
If your home was built before 1950 (or even the 1970s), your electrical wiring might not be up to modern safety standards. Old wiring like Knob-and-Tube or Aluminum can pose a significant fire risk and often can’t handle the power demands of modern life.
Veteran Electric specializes in whole-home rewiring for historic and older homes in Kansas City. We replace dangerous, outdated wiring with modern, grounded copper wiring, bringing your home up to code without destroying your walls.

Signs You Need Rewiring

  • Two-Prong Outlets: If your outlets don’t have a ground hole, your wiring is likely ungrounded.
  • Cloth-Covered Wiring: Insulation that looks like fabric is old and likely brittle.
  • Flickering Lights:This can indicate loose connections or overloaded circuits.
  • Burning Smell: If you smell burning plastic near an outlet, call us immediately.
  • Aluminum Wiring: Used in the 60s and 70s, aluminum wiring expands and contracts, leading to loose connections and fires.

Our "Surgical" Approach

We treat your home with respect. We don’t come in with sledgehammers. Our electricians are experts at fishing wires through finished walls and ceilings. While some small access holes are inevitable, we keep damage to an absolute minimum and clean up thoroughly at the end of every day.
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Why Choose Veteran Electric?

  • Eliminate Fire Hazards
  • Grounded Outlets (3-Prong)
  • Insurance Compliance
  • Support Modern Appliances
  • Increased Home Value
  • Peace of Mind

Our Process

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Inspection

We evaluate your current wiring to identify knob-and-tube, aluminum, or ungrounded cloth wiring.

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Planning

We create a roadmap for the project to minimize disruption to your daily life.

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Rewiring

We carefully fish new copper Romex wiring through your walls, replacing old circuits.

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Finishing

We install new devices (switches, outlets) and patch any small access holes we had to make.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I have to tear down my walls?
Not usually. We specialize in “fishing” wires through walls and ceilings with minimal damage. We may need to make small access holes, but we don’t need to gut your house.
Rewiring a whole house is a big job. Depending on the size of your home and accessibility (attic/crawlspace), it can take anywhere from 3 days to 2 weeks.
Yes, in most cases you can live in the home while we work. We work room-by-room to ensure you always have power and a comfortable place to stay.
It’s an obsolete wiring method used from the 1880s to the 1940s. It lacks a ground wire and the insulation becomes brittle and dangerous over time. Most insurance companies will not cover homes with active knob and tube.

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Service Hours

Mon – Fri:
7:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Saturday:
8:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Sunday:
Closed
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