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LA LIC #73821 · WELSH SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA

Welsh

Smart Home Installation in Welsh

Whole-home automation, smart lighting, locks, cameras, and mesh networking installed by Hayes Electrical.

JOB · LOCAL TEAM
Welsh
(337) 570-2327
LA License 73821
★★★★★ from 224 Google reviews
LA-licensed master electrician leading every job. Family-owned, owner-led out of Lake Charles.
Lifetime Craftsmanship Guarantee on every install. If our work fails because of how we put it in, we come back and fix it.
After-hours dispatch line answered by a person in Calcasieu Parish, not a phone tree. Hurricane season we run extended hours.
Straight answer

Hayes Electrical installs smart home systems across Welsh 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.

Licensed Smart Home Systems From the Hayes Electrical Lake Charles licensed electricians
01 / COST & TIMELINE

What this work usually runs.

Typical cost $1,500-$15,000 Most jobs fall in this range. Written quote before we start.
How long 1 to 3 days From the day we start until the work is complete.
Warranty Lifetime Craftsmanship Guarantee on the install. If our work fails because of how we put it in, we come back and fix it. Stays with the home.
WANT A REAL NUMBER ON YOUR JOB?
Most smart home systems jobs in Welsh fall in this range. Call for the actual number on your situation.
Call (337) 570-2327 Get a quote
02 / SERVICE AREA

Welsh 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 Welsh 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.

03 / WHAT WE LOOK AT

What we look at for this job

01
Main-house automation hub
SmartThings or Home Assistant on UPS-backed circuit, scoped for property-wide control.
02
Long-driveway gate cameras
Outdoor-rated PoE cameras with two-way audio and license-plate-capable framing.
03
Outbuilding networking
Cat6 in conduit or point-to-point wireless bridge to barn, shop, or guest house.
04
Barn and shop lighting control
Smart switches or contactors for outbuilding lighting tied to the main hub.
05
Outer-parish permit handling
Jefferson Davis or Allen Parish AHJ coordination on circuit and panel work.
06
Mesh Wi-Fi sized for the house
Eero Pro or UniFi nodes positioned for full interior coverage and porch access points.
07
Whole-home surge protection
Type 1 and Type 2 SPDs essential in rural areas with overhead service exposure.
  Permits

Permits and inspections

Welsh is in Jefferson Davis Parish, and electrical permits for most addresses are issued by Jefferson Davis Parish Building and Inspection, with city-level permitting inside Welsh town limits for some scopes. We confirm jurisdiction before pulling. Permit work runs under LA Lic #73821. You do not touch the paperwork.

  Warranty

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.

04 / WHO TO HIRE

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.

Hayes Electrical

A licensed electrician

LA-licensed master electrician walks every call. Family-owned, owner-led, based in Lake Charles.
Permits pulled under LA Lic #73821 and inspections coordinated with the Calcasieu, Jeff Davis, Allen, or Cameron Parish AHJ when the work calls for it.
Lifetime Craftsmanship Guarantee in writing. If our work fails, we come back and fix it. Stays with the home.
Insured and carrying workers' comp on every truck that rolls.
Quote on paper before we cut the first wire. The signed number is the number you pay.
A handyman

Unlicensed for electrical

No LA state electrical license. Can swap a fixture, cannot legally touch a panel, a service entrance, or a rewire.
No permits. When the parish or city audits the work later, it does not pass.
No real warranty. "Call me if it breaks" falls apart the day you actually need it.
If unlicensed work starts a fire, your homeowner policy can flat-out deny the claim.
Cash discount sometimes shows up on the invoice. So does the next problem.
DIY

Doing it yourself

Cheap right up until something goes sideways. Most jobs need a load calc, NEC compliance, and a permit.
A failed inspection sends you back to redo it. Selling the house later, the buyer's inspector flags it the same way.
No warranty. The replacement is on you.
Hot wiring is no joke. Most fatal home electrical accidents in this country are DIY.
If you genuinely know what you are doing, fine. If you do not, call us first.
PICK THE LICENSED PATH
Drop the smart home systems job on us. We will walk it, scope it, and put the price on paper.
Call (337) 570-2327 Get a quote
05 / GETTING TO YOU
30 to 50 minutes
Typical drive from our Lake Charles shop to Welsh
Most non-emergency calls within 24 to 48 hours
Standard response window
24/7
Emergency phone coverage (burning smell, dead breaker, sparks, hot panel)

Times are typical, not guaranteed. Traffic, weather, and parts on hand can shift them. We will tell you a real window when you call.

06 / RECENT WORK

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Real jobs, real crew, real Lake Charles installs. Pulled from across our service area.

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07 / THE OWNER
Dorian Hayes, founder and master electrician of Hayes Electrical
Founder · Master Electrician · LA Contractor Lic #73821

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 ...

08 / GOOGLE REVIEWS
★★★★★ from 224 Google reviews

What Southwest Louisiana says about our work

Real reviews from real customers across Lake Charles, Sulphur, Moss Bluff, and the surrounding parishes.

★★★★★

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!!

Cheryl Hoffpauir 10 months ago
★★★★★

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.

Marcia Trosper 9 months ago
★★★★★

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

Tina Schiele Edited 9 months ago
★★★★★

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.

Larysa Botsenko Edited 9 months ago
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Common questions for Smart Home Systems in Welsh

Can you install smart gate cameras at our long Welsh 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.

09 / OTHER SERVICES IN WELSH

Other services we run in Welsh.

Same Hayes Electrical Lake Charles crew on every visit, same Lifetime Craftsmanship Guarantee in writing. Pick whichever job you need next.

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