From a full custom home to a single dead circuit, we do residential electrical work in Coeur d’Alene and across the Inland Northwest — licensed in Idaho and Washington, with over 20 years in the field.
Residential work
Some homeowners call us before the framing goes up. Some call because the kitchen outlets quit and they want it fixed today. We take both, and the same licensed electricians run both.
At Northwest Wattage we strive to lead the way in our industry with design, style, and execution of work. That shows up in the finish work — the pendant layout over an island, the way a panel is dressed and labeled — but it starts with the basics: show up when we said, do it to code, leave the place clean.
With over 20 years in the residential and commercial electrical field, we have the skill set, equipment, and attention to detail it takes to deliver a quality product on time. Whichever end of the job you are on, you get a straight answer about what it needs, what it costs, and when we can be there.
New construction
We wire custom homes across North Idaho — planned with the builder, roughed in clean, finished to spec.
We get in early, walk the prints with the builder and the homeowner, and settle the layout before anything is buried in a wall. Where the cans land, how the island is fed, which switch controls what, what the beams will and won’t let us do. Decisions made on paper cost nothing. Decisions made after drywall cost plenty.
Straight runs, proper support, boxes set where they belong, home runs organized at the panel. A tidy rough-in is not vanity — it is what makes the inspection go smooth, what makes trim-out fast, and what makes the next electrician in that house twenty years from now able to figure out what he is looking at.
Trim-out is where the job is judged. Devices plumb and level, fixtures hung right, dimmers set, everything labeled, everything tested. On homes with timber ceilings, custom cabinetry or a lighting package that has to look intentional, that final pass is the whole point.
Panel upgrades
A lot of houses around Coeur d’Alene are still running the panel they were built with. It was sized for the way people lived then — not for a heat pump, a shop, a hot tub, an induction range and a garage full of tools. When a panel is undersized, aging, or a type that no longer holds up, you feel it as nuisance trips and you find out about it the hard way during a home inspection.
We replace it with a modern, code-compliant service, sized for the house you actually have. We pull the permit, coordinate the power shutdown so you know exactly how long you’re down, land and label every circuit, and meet the inspector when he comes. You end up with a panel that has room to grow and paperwork that stands up when you sell.
We do the meter side too — service masts, meter bases, pedestals — and yes, we do it in January when it’s snowing, because that’s usually when it matters.
Before & After: From a 1970s electrical panel to a modern, code-compliant system. Professional installation, permits handled, on time, on budget, and a clean job site.
Service calls
The everyday work that keeps a house running — and the work that gets it ready to sell. No job is too small to call about.
Half the kitchen is out, a breaker won’t stay set, lights flicker when the dryer starts. We chase it down to the actual cause instead of swapping parts and hoping, then fix it and tell you plainly what was wrong.
Inspection report in hand and a closing date coming? We work the list — missing GFCIs, ungrounded outlets, junction boxes buried in a ceiling, panel corrections — and bring the house up to code so the sale goes through.
A spa needs its own dedicated, properly protected circuit and disconnect — sized for the unit, run to where it actually sits, permitted and inspected. We set it up right so it’s safe to get into.
Opening up a kitchen, finishing a basement, adding a shop or a garage. We add circuits, relocate what’s in the way, and tie the new work into the existing service — after we’ve checked the service can carry it.
Winter storms take the power out here, and a house with a well or a heat pump notices fast. We wire generators and backup power with a proper transfer setup, so the circuits that matter stay live and nothing backfeeds the line.
Driveways, entries, decks, landscape and soffit runs. Fixtures and wiring rated for what the weather does out here, laid out so the property looks good at night and you can see where you’re walking.
Northwest Wattage helped bring my home up to code prior to selling and did a fantastic job adding electrical/ lighting to our home garage! No BS, fair pricing and good communication.
Recent work
A few of the custom homes and remodels behind the service work — same crew, same standard.
Questions
Yes. We hold an active Idaho Electrical Contractor License (#031721) and an active Washington Electrical Contractor License (NORTHW*822DE), and we’re bonded. That means we can wire your home on either side of the state line without handing the job off to someone else.
Yes. On work that requires a permit — panel upgrades, new services, new construction, added circuits — we pull it and we meet the inspector. You get a finished job with the paperwork behind it, which is what matters most when you go to sell.
No — estimates are free. Call (208) 704-6060 or send us the details and we’ll tell you what the work involves and what it costs before anyone starts.
Both. A single dead circuit, a bad breaker, an outlet that stopped working — those are real calls and we run them. The same licensed electricians who wire custom homes handle the service work.
Ready when you are
Whole-home wiring, a panel that’s past its time, or a circuit that quit last night — estimates are free and we’ll give you a straight answer.
