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Hayes Electrical serves Goosport and the surrounding Southwest Louisiana area for residential and commercial electrical work. Panel upgrades, generator installs, EV chargers, rewiring, lighting, troubleshooting, and code corrections. Every job comes with our Lifetime Craftsmanship Guarantee.
Every service our Lake Charles team handles in Goosport. Pick yours to see how we run it.
Trucks dispatch out of 803 W Bayou Pines Dr, Ste D, Lake Charles, LA 70601. Most days a crew is already inside Calcasieu Parish on another job, so the drive is short. For after-hours calls we roll one out from the shop.
Goosport is a north Lake Charles neighborhood with a strong post-war housing concentration. Most homes here were built between 1945 and 1965 on 100A services that were modern at the time and are now showing their age. Drive time from our shop is under ten minutes.
Service upgrades to 200A are the most common scope. A 100A panel built in 1955 has been in continuous use for seventy years. The breakers are tired, the bus bar may be corroded under the stabs, and the neutral and ground bars often have loose terminations from decades of thermal cycling. We replace with a new outdoor meter-main combo on the wall, fresh SE cable from the weatherhead, and a new grounding electrode system per NEC 250.
Federal Pacific Stab-Lok panels show up in this neighborhood regularly. The Stab-Lok breakers have a documented record of not tripping under fault. Replacement, not a band-aid breaker swap, is the right answer.
GFCI updates for kitchens, baths, and laundry per NEC 210.8 are routine on the older homes. AFCI requirements for bedroom circuits per NEC 210.12 come into play whenever a remodel touches a sleeping room.
Generator demand is steady. Goosport lost power for extended periods after Hurricane Laura. Most installs are Generac air-cooled units in the 22-26kW range with a service-rated transfer switch.
Call (337) 570-2327 or use the contact page. We pull the City of Lake Charles permit for Goosport addresses.
Times are typical, not guaranteed. Traffic, weather, and parts on hand can shift them. We will tell you a real window when you call.
Goosport is a Lake Charles neighborhood north of downtown inside city limits, so electrical permits are issued by the City of Lake Charles Building and Permit Division. We pull the permit and coordinate inspections.
We pull the permit under our Louisiana contractor license, coordinate the rough and final inspections, and walk the inspector through the work so you do not have to.
Real reviews from real customers across Lake Charles, Sulphur, Moss Bluff, and the surrounding parishes.
Great service! Brent was able to diagnose the problem and complete the repair quickly and efficiently! He was able to solve a problem that my contractor's electricians were unable to solve! He was very courteous and professional. Highly recommend Hayes Electrical!! Great experience from first call to the end!
Best electrical business ever! Very professional, great communication skills and the work they did was top notch. Changed out entire outside service in one day, no mess just left great work! Would highly recommended this local company.
Great price Brent was very helpful and professional and was able to provide a variety of repair options to choose from. Bailey and Mackenzie were able to complete the repairs promptly and efficiently. Overall, we are very satisfied with the services provided!
We turned to the company for help to find out the reason why our generator stopped working, fix the problem and start it. We were served by Dorian, a very nice young man, a good specialist and a professional in his field. Everything went well, Dorian did diagnostics, invited a mechanic and our generator works. We recommend this company if you have problems with the generator.
Yes, we cover Goosport regularly. It is one of the older Lake Charles neighborhoods with a mix of 1940s and 1950s houses, so we see plenty of 60 amp services and original meter cans. Service calls and panel upgrades are both on the schedule.
Goosport is very close to our shop, so non-emergency calls usually land same-day or next-day, and emergency arrival is typically inside two hours.
Existing knob-and-tube is not automatically illegal but it cannot be buried in insulation and cannot serve circuits needing AFCI or GFCI protection. Most insurance carriers will not cover it. We typically rewire affected circuits in NM-B and keep the work permitted.
Yes, any service or panel change inside Lake Charles city limits needs a permit and inspection. The city checks grounding per NEC 250, AFCI and GFCI coverage per 210.12 and 210.8, and labeling per 408. We handle the permit.
A panel that was submerged in Laura or Delta needs replacement, not just drying. The bus bar corrodes internally and breakers fail to trip on fault. We replace per NEC 230 and 408 and document for your insurance.
Drop the project on us. A Hayes Electrical licensed electrician comes out, walks it with you in person, and puts a real plan on paper. The Lifetime Craftsmanship Guarantee is attached to every install.
