POP Electric

This is an extremely busy time for electricians and we’ve had significant difficulty finding service. The breaker to our hot water heater had some serious problem. We finally tried Pop and got a very experienced electrician over very quickly and resolved the issue. We’re very happy to have hot water again. Thanks!

This was a competent and reliable company under Chris Hill’s ownership. I was completely satisfied with the electricians that he sent to my home to perform a variety of jobs. He no longer owns the company. When I called recently to arrange for repair or replacement of an attic ventilator, I accepted an appointment two weeks out. We agreed that the electrician would bring a replacement ventilator due to the age of the one that is no longer working. I called the morning before the appointment to confirm it. Then later in the day I listened to a voice mail from the new owner informing me that he could not obtain the ventilator. He had not ordered it during the two weeks I was waiting and had not even ordered it by the time I called to reconfirm the appointment. I called twice after that and he never returned my calls. I am now out looking for a new electrician. This is no longer the reliable company it once was. I would not recommend this business to anyone.

I needed a small wiring job done for a bathroom fan. I needed it FAST — I was worried because it has been my experience that when you need something urgent from a plumber or electrician that you can often get ripped off. Leave it to Unilocal to help me find someone who came over same day and took care of my issue quickly. I found POP to be helpful, reliable and gave me what I thought was a super fair price for the work.

We first used POP Electric in 2010. Long story we have aluminum wiring in our house. We had used a local residential/​commercial electrical contractor in late-​2009 (won’t say the name but it has a Lynnwood address), after buying the house, to ‘remediate’ the aluminum to copper interfaces (they used what’s called ‘pig-​tailing’ with a twist on connectors). The solution provided by the first electrical contractor was substandard and a huge safety hazard as we later discovered (we had 2 fires in electrical receptacles, which luckily we caught because we were home when they occurred). We set about to do our homework to better understand the solution that had been provided and what our alternatives were to fix it. The Consumer Product Safety Commission identified what had been provided by the first electrician as an ‘emergency or temporary only’ solution and laid out the options: a) remove the aluminum wiring entirely (would have been ~$ 40K + lots of drywall repair work) or to use a COPALUM repair method which permanently crimps the aluminum and copper wires together via a specialized tool and by electricians which have been specially trained (~$ 10K). We won’t go into it, but after giving the first electrician all this information and many opportunities it we finally determined they were incapable and unwilling to fix their own work-​product and we had to pursue legal avenues to deal with them.
Sorry for all the back story but it’s important in why we so highly rate POP. We set about to find an alternative electrician who a). was certified in COPALUM and b). who we could trust. POP was professional from the initial consultation on through the project itself which took 3 electricians about a week to complete. They took time to answer our many questions (believe me after going through an electrical house-​fire you ask a lot of questions) and made sure what was being implemented was thorough (every single receptacle, light-​switch, light and appliance). These guys have families and their own homes and they conveyed the importance to us of doing quality /​safe work where once again we could feel safe in our own home. I can’t say how important that aspect was for us.
So, in late 2013 when we remodeled the master bedroom/​bath there was only one electrician which whom we would consider working. And, that was a requirement as we interviewed general contractors. The work provided by POP was once again excellent. They’re thorough, provide the right solution, always on time and they bring a high level of integrity to their craft. They will continue to be the only electrician we use in Seattle.
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I recently used Pop Electric in my home for redoing all my electrical in my kitchen. There was a lot to do, but the technician really knew his stuff and got the job done quicker than I expected. I wanted to add extra lighting and also have my lighting fixtures allocated to the right breakers as per code (because this is an older home I knew much of my wiring was incorrect and needed a pro to do it right). The technician was friendly and very helpful and took the time to answer all my questions. He also was patient in working with myself and my wife to help set the fixtures at just the right spot and height. These guys really know there stuff and really went out of their way to make sure my job was done right. I would definitely use them again and recommend them to anyone who needs and electrician.

The two workers from POP showed up on time in the morning and got to work right away removing then moving my outdoor power mast. They kept me informed of what they were doing such as when they would turn the power off. I had to go to work but when I got back home I found they did a good job with the setup and did not leave a mess behind. The price was competitive too. I would use them again for sure!