Electrician in Birmingham, MI — done in the right order.
Panel upgrades, rewiring, EV chargers, and generators — planned, sequenced, and performed under one point of accountability.
Beautiful houses. Original plaster. Original wiring.
Walk through almost any Birmingham neighborhood — Quarton Lake, Poppleton Park, the blocks around Shain Park — and you're looking at homes built between the 1920s and the 1960s. Beautiful houses. Original plaster. Original oak floors. And, more often than people think, original wiring.
That's usually how the phone call starts. Not with an emergency — with a letter from an insurance company about knob-and-tube wiring, a home inspection that found a 60-amp panel, or a new induction range that has nowhere to plug in.
If you're searching for an electrician in Birmingham, MI, here's the honest picture. Endura is not a one-truck electrical shop. We're a Birmingham-based construction group with more than 40 years of combined experience in construction and electrical contracting. We plan electrical projects, put experienced electricians on them, and stay accountable through closeout. One contract. One phone number. One person responsible.
Electrical scope we coordinate.
Electrical panel upgrades
60- and 100-amp service brought to 200-amp — the most common project we coordinate in Birmingham. Includes the load calculation, utility coordination, and closeout. Federal Pacific Stab-Lok and Zinsco panels replaced on their documented record alone.
Whole-home rewiring
Knob-and-tube and 1965–73 aluminum branch wiring replaced as part of a plan — ideally while walls are already open — with the electrician, plaster repair, and painter sequenced so the wall gets opened once, not three times.
EV charger installation
Almost always a panel question. Some 100-amp homes can take a Level 2 charger with load management; many can't. We run the load calculation first, then tell you which path your house is on.
Generator installation
Standby generators are a multi-trade project — transfer switch, gas line coordination, and careful sequencing. We also say honestly when a portable generator and an interlock kit is the smarter spend.
New circuits & load additions
Kitchen and appliance circuits, basement finishes, additions, and dedicated equipment loads — planned before demolition, not discovered mid-project.
Electrical for remodels & additions
Code-required AFCI and GFCI protection in renovated areas, recessed lighting that needs a plan, and the electrical scope inside every Endura kitchen, bath, and basement project.
Most electrical problems in Birmingham homes aren't emergencies. They're eras.
The housing stock was built across five decades of changing wiring practice. What a house has, and what it is rated for, is usually predictable from the year it went up.
Parts of Birmingham sit inside historic districts, where exterior changes go through additional city review. Exterior electrical work — service masts, street-facing fixtures — can touch that process. We plan for that timeline from the start.
Knob-and-tube wiring may still be in service: no ground wire, never designed to touch insulation, and increasingly surcharged or declined by insurance carriers.
Aluminum branch wiring, with a documented fire risk at connection points rather than in the conductor runs themselves.
Panels commonly rated 60 to 100 amps — plenty when a house had one TV and no air conditioning. Federal Pacific Stab-Lok and Zinsco panels have documented histories of breakers failing to trip.
EV chargers, heat pumps, and induction ranges push older services past capacity. 200-amp service is the practical standard for a home carrying those loads.
Opening walls triggers AFCI and GFCI requirements in the affected areas under the code Michigan has adopted. We plan for that in scope from the start.
Three steps, walkthrough to closeout.
Walkthrough & load review
What the home has, what it is rated for, and what your plans require.
Scope & sequencing
Electrical planned alongside the other trades, so walls open once.
Execution & closeout
Experienced electrical contractors from Endura's trade network. We work to close out projects the right way — panel schedule labeled, documentation handed over.
When this makes sense, and when it doesn't.
Call us when
You're buying or renovating a pre-1980 home.
You're adding an EV charger, heat pump, or major appliance to an older service.
A project is already opening walls.
There's a fuse box, or a Federal Pacific or Zinsco panel in the basement.
Your insurer has flagged the wiring.
You don't need us when
One outlet died or a fixture needs swapping. Call an electrician directly — you don't need a coordinator for a service call, and we'd be wasting your money to pretend otherwise. Endura is for projects: panels, rewiring, EV chargers, generators, and the electrical inside renovations.
A 1954 colonial, planned around the panel.
Kitchen renovation that started in the basement
The kitchen scope required six new circuits the existing 60-amp service could not carry. The panel upgrade and the knob-and-tube in the affected walls were planned into the same schedule, before demolition.
Result: 200-amp service, labeled panel schedule, everything verified before drywall — no second wall-opening.
Common questions about electrical work in Birmingham.
Something specific to your house? Ask us directly.
Do I need a permit for electrical work in Birmingham, MI?
Yes, for nearly everything beyond replacing a device in the same spot. Panels, new circuits, rewiring, EV chargers, and generators all need permits and inspection.
My home still has its original panel. Do I have to upgrade?
Not automatically. But 60-amp and 100-amp service usually can't support modern additions. And Federal Pacific or Zinsco panels are worth replacing based on their documented failure history alone. We'll walk the house and give you a straight answer.
What's actually wrong with knob-and-tube wiring?
No ground wire, no safe contact with insulation, and a growing insurance problem. Most people replace it during a renovation, while the walls are already open.
Can you install an EV charger on my current panel?
It depends on a load calculation. Some 100-amp homes can, many need a panel upgrade first. We answer with math, not a sales pitch.
Who does the actual work?
Experienced electrical contractors from our trade network, coordinated and quality-checked by Endura. You deal with one person: us.
Do you handle small electrical repairs?
No. Single-outlet and single-fixture repairs are better served by calling an electrician directly. We coordinate electrical projects and renovation scope.
Serving Birmingham and the surrounding area.
Endura is based on Daines Street in Birmingham, and we work throughout Bloomfield Hills, Beverly Hills, Franklin, Royal Oak, Troy, West Bloomfield, and the rest of Oakland County. If you're weighing an electrical project — or a renovation with electrical inside it — start with a conversation.
Every inquiry gets a response within one business day, reviewed personally.
Last updated: July 2026