Start with the property
Bowmanville, Chicago is organized around Foster Avenue, Western, Lincoln, and the Rosehill Cemetery edge. The buildings are frame workers’ cottages, small brick homes, and two-flats on narrow lots. STS Electric sends licensed electricians for knob-and-tube found when owners open a wall, undersized services, and attic circuits added for window units.
How this job is scoped
When plaster or lath is open, that is the time to retire knob-and-tube and to separate kitchen lighting from the small-appliance circuits. Patching first and fishing later costs more and still misses splices buried in the ceiling. We mark what stays and what is abandoned so the next inspection is not a guess.
Same-day hazards
Attic knob-and-tube near blown-in insulation is the condition we want shut off until it is replaced. Call (773) 721-1111.
Before the truck rolls
Owners who already opened a wall should leave it open. Covering a damaged cable before we see the path means we open the same wall again.
The buildings around it
Most of the non-house calls are a short commercial edge on Lincoln and Western, not a full retail corridor. City of Chicago permits. Cottages on narrow lots often have the meter on a tight side gangway. A service change has to account for that clearance.
Also on the schedule
Jobs here often sit next to work in Lincoln Square and Andersonville. One dispatch number covers them: (773) 721-1111. Crews leave from 939 W North Ave.
Next step
For a closer look at electrical repair, start there, then call (773) 721-1111 to schedule work in Bowmanville.
