How pricing works
No prices here, because the lot sets them. This is what moves the number and when you get it.
What decides the price
Six things move an install more than any other.
The size of the unit, set by a walk through your loads
The run from the pad to the main panel and the gas meter
Natural gas or propane, with a tank, regulator or trenching
Pad height in a flood zone
A whole-house or an essential-circuits transfer switch
Permit and inspection fees, passed through at cost
What the quote includes, and what it doesn't
The quote lists the unit, the pad, the switch, the permit and the inspection on separate lines.
Not included: a meter change the gas company charges for
Not included: tree or fence removal to reach the pad
Not included: HOA or architectural review fees
What happens at the visit
One of us walks the lot, opens the panel, reads the gas meter and adds up the load with you. The site visit has a fee. It comes off the install if you book within 30 days.
How and when you pay
A deposit when you accept the quote, which orders the unit. A second payment when the pad and switch are in. The balance after the inspection and the test under load. Card, check or bank transfer.
When you get the number
In writing, after the site visit and before the permit is filed. It is a fixed price for the work listed on it.
If the job changes
If the site shows something the visit couldn't, like rock under the pad or a panel that can't take the switch, we stop and send you a written change before we do that work.
Your written quote is the price. Nothing on this page is.
At the site visit
What we measure before we name a number
The quote is written from what we find on the lot, not from the size of the house.
The panel: space, rating and grounding
The gas meter: type, size and distance to the pad
The loads you want carried
The lot: flood zone, clearances and any HOA rules
Questions
Price questions
What does the site visit cost, and is it credited?
The site visit has a fee, and it comes off the install if you book within 30 days. Your written quote after the visit lists every line.
What size generator do I need?
It depends on what you want running, not on the size of the house. We add up the air handler, the refrigerators, the well or sump pump and the lights you named, then pick a unit with room to spare. A whole-house unit carries nearly everything; a smaller one with an essential-circuits switch carries the list you chose.
Do I need a permit, and who pulls it?
Yes, for a standby generator. We draw the site plan and file the electrical permit with your town or the county, and the gas work has its own permit that we book at the same time. The inspector comes to the house before the unit is put into service.
Get the number in writing
The site visit has a fee that comes off the install if you book within 30 days. Send the details and we'll book it.