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Emergency & Repairs
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Panels & Power
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Safety & Detection
Inspections, detectors and code corrections.
Lighting & Fixtures
Fixtures and lighting, indoors and out.
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Waltham systems & permits
WALTHAM: Waltham runs electrical inspection through a standalone principal department. The city code establishes the Electric Wires Department and the Office of Inspector of Wires, with the Inspector appointed by the Mayor for a three-year term. No wiring designed to carry current may be placed inside a building without a permit from the Inspector, and the current may not be turned on until the work has been inspected and permission given. The ordinance makes the Inspector "the sole judge of what constitutes proper insulation and safe installation," and anyone installing wiring for hire must notify the Inspector either beforehand or within five days of finishing.
Sources: ecode360.com · city.waltham.ma.us
City code Sec. 13-61 establishes "a principal department to be known as the Electric Wires Department," and Sec. 13-63 provides that the Inspector of Wires is appointed by the Mayor, subject to confirmation by the Council, for a term of three years.
Sec. 13-2: "No person shall place wires designed to carry a current of electricity within a building without a permit therefor from the Inspector of Wires," and such persons shall not turn the current on "until such wiring has been inspected and permission to do so has been given by the Inspector." Sec. 13-14 requires anyone installing electric wiring or fixtures for hire to notify the Inspector of Wires first, or within five days after completing the work.
Sec. 13-66: "All installation of electric conductors and appliances within buildings shall be under the supervision of the Inspector of Wires and he shall be the sole judge of what constitutes proper insulation and safe installation." Sec. 13-65 further provides that the Inspector "shall grant all locations for electric services that are to be attached to a building."
The city Building Department page lists the Wires Department (Electrical) at 781-314-3175 as a separate contact from building inspections, and gives residential building permit fees as $12 per $1,000 with a $50 minimum.
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Electrical service in Waltham, and 66 nearby towns
We cover 67 towns across the North Shore, Greater Boston and southern New Hampshire.
67Towns covered
Essex County
- Amesbury
- Andover
- Ballardvale
- Beverly
- Boxford
- Danvers
- Essex
- Georgetown
- Gloucester
- Groveland
- Hamilton
- Haverhill
- Ipswich
- Lynn
- Lynnfield
- Manchester by the Sea
- Marblehead
- Merrimac
- Middleton
- Nahant
- Newbury
- Newburyport
- North Andover
- Peabody
- Plum Island
- Rockport
- Rowley
- Salem
- Salisbury
- Saugus
- South Hamilton
- Swampscott
- Topsfield
- Wenham
- West Newbury
Middlesex County
Rockingham County, NH
Norfolk County
- Brookline
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