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Insurance and resale are the usual reasons. Home inspectors and insurers often flag Challenger panels, and reports about the brand describe overheating and breaker problems; Federal Pacific Stab-Lok panels have a long documented history as a fire hazard. On Estero Island, where owners are rebuilding or buying and insuring older houses, a flagged panel can hold up a closing or a policy.
The Town of Fort Myers Beach runs its own Building Services Division within Community Development, separate from Lee County.
Yes. We pull the permit through the Town’s online permit portal, and the Town’s private provider performs the inspection. The paper trail you hand to an insurer or a buyer is a closed, inspected permit. On a comparable swap we replaced a Challenger with a Square D QO in Estero; see the before and after.
A panel that was ever under water needs to be looked at by a licensed electrician, whatever its brand. The Town also applies the FEMA 50 percent rule in plan review when repairs and improvements add up. We tell you if the electrical scope could be affected.
On a Town permit, the Town’s private provider inspects; on an unincorporated parcel with a Fort Myers Beach mailing address, the Lee County Building Division does. Either way the result is a closed permit that you can hand to an insurer or a buyer.
Every job is quoted after we see it. Call (239) 880-9473 or request a free estimate.
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