Systems · Electrical & lighting
Lights, wiring, and power that stays on
Your electrician wires the whole house to code and to our standards: a 200-amp service, EV-ready garages, and smoke and carbon monoxide alarms. The light fixtures are yours to pick on an allowance, and you can add backup power for outages.
What's included
Your lighting allowance covers
Wiring, switches, outlets, alarms, and fans are always included. The allowance is for the fixtures you choose.
Light fixture allowance
Your estimate carries a budget for the light fixtures you choose: ceiling lights, pendants, sconces, exterior lights, and ceiling fans. You pick them, and our electrician installs them.
Covers
- Interior and exterior light fixtures
- Ceiling fans
- Dimmers where you want them
Relative cost: $
Designer lighting
Above the allowance you might choose statement pendants or a chandelier, under-cabinet and stair lighting, or smart lighting controls you run from your phone.
Why people upgrade
- Lighting that sets the mood
- Smart control from anywhere
Relative cost: $$$
How allowances work
- 1We set the allowanceYour estimate includes a budget for these items, based on your plans.
- 2You pickShop with our trade partner, a showroom, or online, and choose by the date on your schedule.
- 3We settle upSpend more and the difference is added; spend less and it's credited.
Your options · Backup power
Keep the heat and water on in an outage
Winter storms take the power out, and a home without power soon has no heat or water. Pick how much of the house you want to keep running.
Generator inlet
A weatherproof inlet outside and an interlock at the panel let you plug in a portable generator and safely run the heat pumps' backup, well pump, fridge, and lights through an outage.
- Look / Style
- Small inlet box on an outside wall
- Maintenance
- Low
- Lifespan
- Life of the house
- Relative Cost
- $
- Best For
- Most homes; anywhere outages are common
Why people pick it
- Safe, code-approved hookup
- Low cost to add during construction
- Use a generator you may already own
Trade-offs
- You start and fuel the generator by hand
- Runs selected circuits, not the whole house
Standby generator
A permanently installed propane generator starts on its own within seconds of an outage and runs the house until the power comes back, even when nobody's home.
- Look / Style
- Generator on a pad outside
- Maintenance
- Medium
- Lifespan
- 20+ years
- Relative Cost
- $$$$
- Best For
- Full-time homes on unreliable power; homes left empty in winter
Why people pick it
- Automatic: no one has to be there
- Can run the whole house
- Protects an empty home from freezing
Trade-offs
- Highest cost
- Yearly service and propane supply
Side by side
| Tag | Generator inlet | Standby generator |
|---|---|---|
| Look / Style | Small inlet box on an outside wall | Generator on a pad outside |
| Maintenance | Low | Medium |
| Lifespan | Life of the house | 20+ years |
| Relative Cost | $ | $$$$ |
| Best For | Most homes; anywhere outages are common | Full-time homes on unreliable power; homes left empty in winter |
Every Bedrock home
How we wire
Our electrician wires every home to code and to these standards.
200-amp service
Most of our homes get a 200-amp electrical service, enough for heat pumps, floor heat, a heat pump water heater, and an EV charger, with room to grow.
Room for electric heat and future additions
Underground service, nothing for snow to tear down
EV-ready garages
Every garage gets wiring for a future 240-volt electric-vehicle charger, so adding one later is a quick install.
Ready for an electric car
Cheaper now than later
Smoke and CO alarms
Hardwired, interconnected smoke alarms in every bedroom, hall, and level, and carbon monoxide alarms wherever there's a stove, fireplace, propane appliance, or attached garage.
Every alarm sounds together
Battery backup in an outage
Fans, controls, and future-ready wiring
The electrician wires bath fans, the range hood, heat pump, and floor-heat controls, and a junction box by the radon pipe in the attic, so a radon fan can be added in minutes if a test ever calls for it.
Everything controlled from simple, labeled switches
Radon fan ready
FAQ
Common questions
Should I add a generator hookup?
In much of the valley, and especially up in Mazama, outages happen. A generator inlet lets you plug in a portable generator and run the essentials safely; a standby generator starts on its own. Either is far cheaper to wire during construction than later.
What does EV-ready mean?
We run the wiring for a 240-volt charger to the garage during the build, so adding an electric-vehicle charger later is a quick install, not a new wire through finished walls.
What does the lighting allowance cover?
The fixtures you see: ceiling lights, pendants, sconces, exterior lights, and ceiling fans. Wiring, switches, outlets, alarms, and bath fans are part of the electrical work and are always included.
Questions about allowances or backup power?
We'll go over every allowance in your estimate during pre-construction, before you sign anything.