New panel • Permitted & inspected • Paperwork for your insurer • (239) 880-9473
Cape Coral dates to the late 1950s, so many homes here are decades old and still carry their original equipment. Home inspectors, insurance companies and realtors often flag Challenger panels when a house is bought, sold or insured, and reports about the brand describe overheating and breaker problems. Federal Pacific Stab-Lok panels have a long documented history as a fire hazard.
Replacement is permitted through the City of Cape Coral and inspected before it closes, so the paper trail you hand to a buyer or an insurer is real.
We recently replaced a Challenger panel with a new Square D QO panel for a homeowner in Estero who was having trouble selling because of it. The old installation was fairly neat; the brand was the problem. After the swap the homeowner was able to sell. The same swap is what Cape Coral owners do before a sale or a policy renewal. See the Estero panel replacement for the before and after.
Look at the panel door or the breakers for the brand: Challenger, Federal Pacific, FPE or Stab-Lok. If it is not clear, we identify it during the estimate visit. A permit through the City’s online portal and a final inspection come with the replacement.
It is an electrical permit applied for online through the City’s portal. After the swap, the City’s inspector checks the new panel, and the permit is closed. That closed permit is the record a buyer, an inspector or an insurer can rely on, which is the whole point of replacing a flagged panel properly.
Every job is quoted after we see it. Call (239) 880-9473 or request a free estimate.
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