Electrician in
University Park, TX
University Park grew up around Southern Methodist University from 1915 and incorporated in 1924, and the housing went in fast behind it — the population went from 4,200 in 1930 to more than 14,000 by 1940. That is the stock we work on: houses old enough that the wiring has been added to several times over.
Oncor Owns The Wires In University Park
University Park sits in Oncor territory, so the company that sells you electricity and the company that owns the meter are two different businesses. On a service upgrade it is Oncor who has to pull and reset the meter, and that is booked through the contractor channel rather than by the homeowner.
Oncor
The regulated wires company for this area. Oncor owns the poles, the lines and the meter; your retail provider only sells you the power that runs through them. So the retailer on your bill is not who turns up for a disconnect — that is Oncor, and we book it.
In practice: if the street is dark, that is Oncor. If your own panel needs taking off the wall, that is us — and we book the Oncor side so you are not left chasing two companies.
Working In University Park
Homes Built Around The University
University Park is effectively built out — bordered by Dallas to the north and east and Highland Park to the south, with very few vacant lots left for decades. That means almost everything here is work on an existing house rather than a new one.
On a house that has stood since the 1920s or 1930s, the wiring is rarely all of one age. Circuits get added for a kitchen, a garage, a pool, an office. We tell you what is actually behind the walls and what it would take to bring it up to standard, rather than quoting around it.
- Local authority
- City of University Park
- Electric utility
- Oncor — wires and meter
- County
- Dallas County
- Licence on the job
- Master Electrician TDLR 705467 · TECL 39791
What We Are Called Out For In University Park
Pre-war houses that have been extended, re-roofed and remodelled several times need a different approach from a ten-year-old build. The questions are capacity, grounding and what earlier work left behind.
Electrical Panels
A house of this age has usually had its service increased at least once, and not always well. We run the load calculation first and tell you whether the panel is genuinely undersized or simply old.
Wiring & Outlets
Original wiring behind later decoration is the thing to establish before anything else. Rewiring in stages where that suits the house, plus dedicated kitchen and garage circuits and GFCI and AFCI protection brought up to current standards.
Fault Finding
Tripping breakers and flickering lights in an older house usually trace back to an addition made decades ago. We find it rather than replacing parts until it stops.
Home Lighting
Period rooms, plaster ceilings and deep cornices need a different fixing approach from a modern build. Specification, switching and dimming planned room by room.
EV Chargers
A charger on an older service is a capacity question before it is an installation question. We check the panel has the headroom before quoting, not after.
Smart Switches
Scenes and keypads retrofitted into houses whose switching was never laid out for them, commissioned properly rather than just fitted.
Ceiling Fans
High and sloped ceilings in pre-war rooms, on fan-rated boxes, with the switching sorted at the same time.
Data Wiring
Structured cabling into houses built long before anybody needed it, routed so it is not visible where it matters.
Work We Can Show You
Marquette House, the largest of the four builds on our projects page, is here in University Park.
9,000 sq ft, 400A distribution
Linear LED across a drive-in garage
Panels and circuit wiring
The full photo set for Marquette House is on the projects page. See all projects
University Park Questions
Our house is from the 1930s. Does it all need rewiring?
Not automatically, and we would not tell you it did without looking. Plenty of houses of that age have been rewired in sections over the years. What matters is what is actually there, how it was joined up and whether the service has the capacity — that is what we check first.
Can you add an EV charger to an older service?
Often yes, but it depends on what the panel has spare. We run the load calculation before quoting rather than after, so you are not told halfway through that the service needs upgrading too.
Is there anything I need to arrange?
Only one thing: if the power needs disconnecting for the work, Oncor will only take that request from you as the account holder. Everything else is ours — where the City requires paperwork we handle it as part of the job, and you keep the record.
Do you work around a renovation?
Yes, and on a house of this age that is usually how it goes. We would rather see the place at first fix than be called in after the walls are closed.
Who do I call if the power is out on the street?
Oncor. They own the poles, the lines and the meter here. If the problem stops at your own panel, that is us.
Service Area
We Also Serve
ADP Electrical works across Frisco and the surrounding towns of North Dallas–Fort Worth. Not sure whether we cover you? Call and ask — we usually do.
Covering all fifteen towns in our service area, and often a little beyond. Ask if you are not listed.
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Get a Price For Work in University Park
Tell us roughly when the house was built and what you want adding — on a University Park house the panel capacity is usually the first thing to establish.
Serving Frisco, Prosper, Celina, McKinney, Plano and North Dallas–Fort Worth.