Found Hayes Electrical LLC on Angi's List last September to install a home generator. From the initial phone call and every phone call in between these folks are the best. They handled everything. So kind, helpful and just awesome people. Their workers are very professional, knows their job, all wore work uniforms. We may have had a hiccup once (not their fault) didn't matter they were on top of it thru the entire install. It literally was the easiest install of anything in my house ever!! If I ever need anything I will call Hayes Electrical and no one else. I can't say enough good about these folks. And they are easy to get attached to... their good people🙏 I have to thank Dorian and McKenzie you guys are great!!
Lake Arthur
Smart Home Installation in Lake Arthur
Whole-home automation, smart lighting, locks, cameras, and mesh networking installed by Hayes Electrical.
Hayes Electrical installs smart home systems across Lake Arthur and the outer parish rural properties of Southwest Louisiana. Larger lots, longer driveways, and detached outbuildings drive most of the smart-home design here, with gate cameras, barn lighting controls, and outbuilding networking as common scope items. We coordinate permits through the Jefferson Davis or Allen Parish AHJ as applicable and back every line-voltage portion with our Lifetime Craftsmanship Guarantee.
What this work usually runs.
Lake Arthur service area.
From our Lake Charles shop.
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.
Most Lake Arthur smart-home jobs are not single-house jobs. They are property jobs. The main house gets the standard treatment: hub on a UPS-backed circuit, mesh Wi-Fi, smart lighting, thermostats, locks, indoor cameras. But the driveway is often 300 to 800 feet long, the barn or shop sits well off the main service, and clients want camera coverage from the road all the way back to the rear of the property. That changes the network plan entirely.
Our typical outer-parish install includes a fresh outdoor-rated Cat6 trunk running through conduit out to the gate or barn, a weatherproof PoE switch in the outbuilding, and gate cameras with two-way audio and license-plate-capable framing. For driveways over about 800 feet we move to fiber or a UniFi point-to-point wireless bridge. Permits route through Jefferson Davis Parish or Allen Parish depending on city, and we coordinate the work with the AHJ directly rather than the city of Lake Charles. We also work routinely with the local rural electric cooperatives where Entergy is not the utility on site.
What we look at for this job
Permits and inspections
Lake Arthur is in southern Jefferson Davis Parish on the Mermentau River. Electrical permits are issued by Jefferson Davis Parish Building and Inspection. We confirm jurisdiction, pull the permit, and meet the inspector. Permit work runs under LA Lic #73821. You do not touch the paperwork.
What's covered
Lifetime Craftsmanship Guarantee on every install. If our work fails because of how we put it in, we come back and fix it at no charge. Documented in writing at handoff and stays with the home.
Why hiring a licensed electrician matters.
Here is the no-spin cut on smart home systems. Same answer we would give a friend in Westlake or Carlyss, whether or not we end up winning the job.
A licensed electrician
Unlicensed for electrical
Doing it yourself
Times are typical, not guaranteed. Traffic, weather, and parts on hand can shift them. We will tell you a real window when you call.
Hayes work across Southwest Louisiana.
Real jobs, real crew, real Lake Charles installs. Pulled from across our service area.
Dorian Hayes
Dorian Hayes started Hayes Electrical because he believed homeowners deserved better than what most contractors give them. A licensed master electrician with seven years of experience, he and his wife Juliet built the ...
What Southwest Louisiana says about our work
Real reviews from real customers across Lake Charles, Sulphur, Moss Bluff, and the surrounding parishes.
Hayes Electrical, LLC treat you like family. When I called I had an immediate need and they made me a priority. They were very friendly and professional and communicated well. There was no guessing. Their office staff and the person who answers the phone was on top of it! If you're looking for great professional service then you need to call Hayes Electrical.
They were really helpful and got to me the next day, a storm came through and my electric box outside got messed up really bad, I only had half of my house working. It was a fire hazard, waiting to happen. I had called many places to come out to look at it and they was putting me off, it was so scary. I was so blessed when I called them the owner came out the same day and said that they could come out the next day to fix it. I thank God this company was so worried about my house catching on fire, so he put me in front of other customers because he was really concerned. I highly Recommend this company Hayes Electric to everyone out there for problems, they were very reasonable, it did not cost me a fortune that I did not have. And by the way to let everyone know they do have a payment plan if you do not have the money at the time of their service. I can't thank them enough for being so concerned about the problem that I had. Again Thank Yall SOOO MUCH AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL!! TINA SCHIELE
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.
Common questions for Smart Home Systems in Lake Arthur
Can you install smart gate cameras at our long Lake Arthur driveway?
Yes, this is one of our most common outer-parish installs. We run outdoor-rated Cat6 in conduit out to the gate for driveways up to about 800 feet, or use a UniFi point-to-point wireless bridge for longer runs. The cameras get two-way audio and framing that captures license plates clearly.
How do you handle networking out to the barn or shop?
We pull a Cat6 trunk in conduit if the run is under about 250 feet and the trench is reasonable. For longer runs or impossible trench routes we use fiber or a wireless bridge. The outbuilding gets its own small PoE switch and one or two access points so the network reaches every corner of the property.
Will you pull the Jefferson Davis or Allen Parish permit for our project?
Yes. Outer-parish permits route through the parish AHJ rather than Lake Charles, and we handle the paperwork. Pure low-voltage installs usually do not require a permit, but any new circuit, panel work, or service-entrance surge protector does, and we pull it.
Other services we run in Lake Arthur.
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