Outdoor electrical, Northern Virginia.
Pool wiring? An EV charger? A generator for the next storm? The wiring outside your walls takes weather and a tougher code, so it needs an electrician who lives in it. NoVA pool companies keep us on as their go-to electrical sub. We pull the permit on every job, so you never touch the paperwork.
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What are you trying to power up outside?
Pick the one that fits your project. We'll take you to its own set of services - pool and spa, EV charging, generators, or outdoor and specialty work. Pool and spa is what we're known for. It's where Northern Virginia pool companies bring us in as their electrical sub.
Why not just call any electrician for the work outside?
Because the wiring outside your house lives a harder life than the wiring inside it - wetter, tougher to reach, held to a stricter code, and tangled up with whatever other trade is on the job. Most general electricians can do outdoor work. Fewer have done enough of it to do it well.
Stricter code requirements
NEC Article 680 (pool/spa), 625 (EV), 702 (generators), and 590 (outdoor receptacles) all carry stricter requirements than indoor branch wiring. Bonding, GFCI, and disconnect placement rules apply that don't apply inside the house. We cite the section we're working to on every quote.
Permits in every jurisdiction
Every outdoor electrical project requires a permit pulled by a licensed electrician. We pull them in Prince William County, Fairfax County, Loudoun County, Arlington, and the independent cities (Manassas, Manassas Park, Fairfax City, Falls Church, Alexandria). We know which inspectors prefer what.
Trade coordination
Pool wiring coordinates with pool builders. EV chargers coordinate with the panel and sometimes Dominion. Generators coordinate with gas suppliers. Outdoor lighting coordinates with landscapers. We've spent twenty years building these relationships across NoVA, so we know who to call.
Outdoor jobs we have wrapped up around the neighborhood
Why homeowners and pool companies hand us the work outside?
The master electrician shows up to the pool deck himself
Brad Anson is a Virginia Master Electrician trained in the Shreve/McGonegal lineage, and he is on most outdoor consultations himself. Bonding a pool or wiring a generator is not the job to hand to whoever is free that week.
Our own licensed crew runs the trench, not a sub you have never met
The crew that quotes your outdoor job is the crew that pulls the wire, sets the disconnect, and meets the inspector. For pool builders, that means one named project manager who learns your schedule and stays on it.
The permit and the code section are handled before the dig starts
We pull the permit in your county or city, and every quote names the exact NEC article we are wiring to - 680, 625, or 702. The job ends with the inspection card in your hand, passed the first time.
5.0 on Google, and pool companies keep us on speed-dial
Twenty-plus years of master-electrician work, and the Northern Virginia pool builders who sub their wiring to us call us back season after season. Same standards on the smallest outdoor outlet as on a new-build pool.
What working with us on an outdoor job actually looks like
A $25,000 new-build pool and a single EV charger run the exact same way at our shop - same standards, big or small. One crew you get to know. One written set of paperwork. One final walkthrough before we pack up.
Free consultation
We come look at the actual job. For pool builders, we coordinate with your superintendent at the dig date. For homeowners, we assess the panel and the install location.
Written proposal
Itemized. NEC sections cited. Permit fee included. Good for 30 days. No verbal pricing on outdoor work, because there are too many variables.
Permit, work, inspection
We pull every permit in your jurisdiction. The same crew stays on the job start to finish. We walk the county inspector through the completed work.
Final walkthrough
We show you what every breaker controls, label the subpanel, hand you the inspection card, and clean up the work area before we leave.
Outdoor electrical is where most general electricians get sloppy. A bonding lug they crimped instead of mechanical. That shared disconnect that "technically" passes code. Then the GFCI on the wrong amp rating. I've watched pool customers get hurt because of work like this for twenty years. We don't do it that way. If you call us for outdoor work, you talk to me or someone on my crew, and the work runs to code, every time.
Common questions about outdoor electrical
What outdoor electrical work do you do most?
The four highest-volume categories are pool and spa wiring (our marquee niche), EV charger installations, whole-house generator installs, and outdoor / landscape lighting. We also handle outdoor outlets, gate wiring, holiday lighting installations, and detached structure wiring (sheds, ADUs, workshops).
For Northern Virginia specifically, EV charger installs and pool electrical have been our fastest-growing categories. NoVA's high EV adoption rate and the suburban pool market both drive significant demand. Whole-house generators have been steady for years. Outdoor lighting tends to come paired with deck or pool projects rather than standalone, but we do plenty of standalone landscape lighting jobs each year too.
Do you need a permit for outdoor electrical work?
Yes, for almost everything that goes beyond replacing a single outlet or fixture in kind. New circuits, panel upgrades, pool wiring, EV chargers, generators, gate wiring, and most outdoor lighting installs all require electrical permits in Northern Virginia. We pull permits on every job that requires one, so you never handle the paperwork.
Different jurisdictions have slightly different permit requirements. Prince William County, Fairfax County, Loudoun County, and Arlington County each run their own permit and inspection processes, as do the independent cities (Manassas, Manassas Park, Fairfax City, Falls Church, Alexandria). We know each one. We know which inspectors prefer photos sent ahead, which require certain documentation, and where the typical sticking points are. Permit fees are included in our written quote.
Can you coordinate with my pool builder, landscaper, or other contractor?
Yes, we do this constantly. For pool electrical we coordinate with pool builders from the dig date through final inspection. For outdoor lighting we coordinate with landscapers on conduit runs through landscaping. For EV chargers we sometimes coordinate with garage door installers or finishers if the install affects garage finishes. Trade coordination is part of how we run outdoor jobs.
For pool builders specifically, we have a dedicated for pool builders page that explains how we work with pool companies as a sub. Most of our pool work comes through ongoing pool-builder relationships. Your customer talks to you, you talk to us, we do the electrical. They never feel like they hired two companies.
What's the difference between an "outdoor electrician" and a regular electrician?
Any licensed electrician can do outdoor work, but outdoor electrical carries stricter NEC requirements than indoor branch wiring. Articles 680 (pool/spa), 625 (EV), and 702 (generators) all add requirements that don't apply inside the house: equipotential bonding, dedicated disconnects, weatherproof enclosures, GFCI on specific circuits. Hire an electrician who can cite the section they're working to.
The most common outdoor electrical failures we see when we're called in for corrections come from electricians who treat outdoor work like indoor work. Crimped bonding lugs instead of mechanical, missing GFCI on a 20-amp pool circuit, a generator wired without a proper transfer switch, an EV charger circuit that doesn't account for continuous-duty derating. We do outdoor work as a specialty practice. Every job is inspected against the relevant code by our own crew before the county inspector arrives.
How fast can you start an outdoor electrical project?
Free consultations happen same day or next day. Written proposals follow within 48 hours. Work itself typically starts 1-2 weeks out, depending on scope and current schedule. Emergency service calls (a pool pump that's dead, a generator that won't transfer, a GFCI that keeps tripping) we try to handle within 24 hours.
When we work with pool builders, our crews coordinate around the build schedule. We're on site when you're ready for us, not pushing your concrete crew back a week. For homeowner-direct work, we're transparent on our current schedule during the consultation. We don't take on jobs we can't deliver on a reasonable timeline. If we're booked past your need date, we'll tell you that during the consultation.
Got a project outside? Let's take a look.
Free consultation. Written, itemized quote within 48 hours. Permit pulled. First-time inspection pass.