Family owned since 1990
Residential electrical
New wiring, panel upgrades, lighting and repairs for Winston-Salem homes, plus the emergency calls that can't wait until Monday.
Chapter 01
What breaks first in an older Winston-Salem home
One homeowner with a very old house had several outlets and the overhead lights stop working within days of each other. The crew traced it to a bad breaker, then, separately, found and fixed a bad switch that had nothing to do with the first problem, and left the wiring in better shape than they found it. That is what an older house usually does: it doesn't fail once, it fails in a few small, unrelated ways that add up.
That is why repairs and maintenance sit on the residential list next to new wiring and panel upgrades rather than being treated as an afterthought. Homeowners throughout Winston-Salem and the surrounding areas have relied on Bretco for more than a quarter of a century for exactly this kind of work, along with recessed lighting, landscape lighting, fixture installation and the emergency calls that come in outside of normal hours.
Two-story foyer with a chandelier installed by Bretco Electric under an arched window.
Wiring built for how the house runs now
A lot of Winston-Salem housing stock was wired for a lighter electrical load than most households actually carry today. New wiring and panel upgrades bring a house up to modern code for the things that draw real power: central air and heat, a standby generator, the refrigerator, the range, and every TV, computer, washer and dryer plugged in at once.
One customer's review put it plainly: Bretco installed an EV charging station at the house for the family's electric car. That's a load nobody was planning for when most of these homes were built, and it's a fair example of the kind of addition that goes on top of a panel and a service, not around them.
Chapter 03
What a same-day call actually looks like
A meter burned out on the inside at 4:30 in the morning, in summer, with a newborn in the house. The family called first thing that morning and had two technicians, Steve and Luis, on site by 11:30 AM. The meter was fixed and power was back on by 4:30 that afternoon, the same day the problem was found.
That kind of turnaround shows up more than once in the review history: an online service request answered within twenty minutes and someone at the door inside two hours, or, as one review put it, coming out immediately or within 24 hours, and on several occasions the same day. That is the bar for a residential call here, not the exception.
Lighting, discounts, and the rest of the list
Recessed lighting and landscape lighting each get their own full treatment elsewhere on this site, but they sit on the residential list too, alongside general fixture and lighting installation for any room in the house.
Senior citizen and military discounts are available on residential work, and the coverage area runs from Winston-Salem out through Walkertown, Clemmons, Advance and the surrounding towns.
Bretco Electric, family owned since 1990, licensed and insured. Call (336) 774-1223.
Also part of every residential visit
- New wiring
- Panel upgrades
- Lighting installation
- Electrical repairs
- Routine maintenance
- Emergency electrical service
- Code-compliant wiring for HVAC and appliances
- Senior citizen and military discounts