Breaker tripping or an outlet gone dead? Wylie homes lean on their wiring through long Texas summers. Let Stork's handle your electrical repair.
Call or book a time that suits you in minutes.
Your local, family-owned Wylie electrician. Our new office is right here on Williams Street, and our general manager, Steve Tigert, is a Texas Master Electrician.
Wylie is a young city, with about three in four of its homes built in 2000 or later. About 1,350 of its 19,196 homes date from before 1980, and those are the ones where questions about older wiring come up.
A visit starts with the $89 dispatch fee, which includes the diagnostic. You get the price of the repair before any work starts.
A home's electrical system is a service panel, breakers, wiring in the walls and attic, and the outlets, switches and fixtures at the end of it. When one part misbehaves, the symptom shows up somewhere else, so we trace the fault before we replace anything. Our licensed electricians work on:
Troubleshooting and Electrical Repair
Dead outlets, lights that flicker, a circuit that has gone quiet. We test the circuit, find the cause and quote the repair before starting it. Our electrical repair page covers how a visit goes.
Breakers and Circuit Protection
A breaker that trips is doing its job, and the reason it trips is the repair. That may be a worn breaker, an overloaded circuit or a fault in the wiring it protects. We replace what has failed and tell you if the circuit needs more than a new breaker.
Outlets, Switches and GFCIs
Receptacles wear out, and GFCI outlets protect kitchens, bathrooms, garages and outdoor circuits. We replace worn, warm or dead ones and add protection where it is missing. See outlet and switch installation for the larger jobs.
Wiring and Rewiring
New circuits for an addition or a remodel, repairs to damaged runs, and rewiring where the old wiring is no longer worth keeping. Older homes can need more than a patch, and our wiring page explains the options.
Lighting and Ceiling Fans
Recessed lights, dimmers, outdoor lighting and fan-rated boxes for ceiling fans. A fixture that flickers or buzzes can be the fixture, the switch or the wire behind it, and we check all three. More on lighting and ceiling fans.
Surge Protection and Safety Inspections
A panel-mounted surge protector guards electronics and appliances, and an electrical safety inspection looks over the panel, wiring and protection before a purchase or an insurance request.
Wiring and rewiring matter most in the roughly 900 Wylie homes built in the 1960s and 1970s, and the City of Wylie's permit list names miscellaneous electrical work.
You do not need to know what failed. Call or book online, tell us what the circuit is doing, and the electrician will trace it.
Book an Electrician in Wylie
Call 972-421-8000 or book online and tell us what the circuit is doing. You get the price before any work starts. If an outlet is warm or something smells burnt, stop using that circuit until an electrician has looked at it.
Pick what you are seeing to read the likely causes and what is safe to do while you wait for an electrician. Everything listed under "What to do now" can be done without opening a panel cover or touching a wire. If a circuit is hot, smells burnt or sparks, stop using it and call.
Breaker keeps tripping
Likely causes
Too many things running on one circuit
A short or a ground fault in a cord, appliance or wall
A worn breaker that no longer holds
What to do now: Unplug what is on that circuit and note what was running when it tripped. If it trips again, leave it off and call.
What to do now: Press RESET on any GFCI outlet in the kitchen, bathrooms, garage or outside. Plug in a lamp to test. If the outlet is still dead, call.
In a house wired between 1965 and the mid 1970s, a dead circuit is one of the signs the Consumer Product Safety Commission lists for aluminum branch wiring. Most Wylie homes are newer than that.
Lights flickering or dimming
Likely causes
A loose connection at a fixture, switch or outlet
A circuit carrying more than it should
A problem at the meter or service wires
What to do now: Note whether it is one fixture, one room or the whole house, and what was running when it happened. Turn the switch off and let the bulb cool, then swap in a known good bulb to rule it out.
Warm outlet or switch plate
Likely causes
A loose or corroded connection behind the plate
A plug that does not grip tightly
An overloaded circuit
What to do now: Unplug whatever is in the outlet and stop using it until it has been checked. Do not take the plate off.
Hot cover plates are the first sign the CPSC names for aluminum wiring, in homes wired between 1965 and the mid 1970s. In a newer Wylie house the cause is more often a loose connection or an overloaded plug, and it still needs an electrician.
What to do now: Stop using that outlet, switch or circuit and unplug anything that is safe to unplug. If you see smoke or flame, leave the house and call 911.
GFCI won't reset
Likely causes
A real ground fault downstream, such as damp wiring or a failing appliance
A worn-out GFCI
Moisture in an outdoor or garage outlet
What to do now: Unplug everything on the GFCI and on the outlets it protects, then press RESET again. If it will not hold, leave it and call.
Buzzing or crackling
Likely causes
A loose connection arcing inside a switch or outlet
A dimmer that is overloaded or mismatched to the bulbs
A breaker that is failing
What to do now: Turn off the switch, unplug what you can and stop using that circuit. Crackling or a buzz from an outlet should be looked at before it is used again.
Part of the house has no power
Likely causes
A tripped main or branch breaker
A failed breaker or a loose connection at the panel
A fault between the meter and the panel
What to do now: Look outside to see whether the neighbors are dark too, and keep clear of the meter and the wires to the house. If they are dark, call your electric utility. If only your house is out, call us.
Oncor's outage line, 888-313-4747, is on the City of Wylie's winter storm page, and Farmers Electric Cooperative lists (903) 455-1715 on its own site. The card below explains how the two differ.
Local Office
Our Wylie Office
Stork's Home Services serves Wylie and the surrounding neighborhoods from our local office.
Electrical work in Wylie runs from the same Williams Street office as our other services, on one phone number.
We had Stork’s Home Services install a high-voltage Tesla charger in our garage, and the entire experience was excellent. Our technician, Dylan, did a fantastic job from start to finish. He was professional, knowledgeable, and most importantly, honest about what we actually needed. I would highly recommend Stork’s Home Services to anyone needing electrical work in their home. It’s refreshing to find a company and technician you feel you can trust. We will definitely be using them again for any future electrical needs.
Google review, Sep 2026
Kadeshia F
Outlet repair and generator plug
Dylan came through not just one day but two days in a row to fix our outlets and install a generator plug. He did an AWESOME job. I would definitely recomend him and the company for any work you need.
Google review, Nov 2026
Othella D
Doorbell transformer installation
I would recommend Stork's Home Services. My technician Dylan did a great job with our doorbell transformer installation. He went above and beyond to make sure everything was working properly. He was very polite and courteous. He also has great customer service.
Google review, Sep 2026
Den C
best service ever! Dylan T. was a true professional. on time. very clean work. reasonable prices. give them a try!
Google review, Oct 2026
Kelsey C
Light installation
Dylan came out and did a great job installing my new lights, an awesome company!
Google review, Oct 2026
Emma G
Dylan did an amazing job! Highly recommend!!
Google review, Nov 2026
Robert P
Dylan asked questions, listened to my questions and took the time to discuss the issues and the options. Very complete review. Thanks!
Google review, Oct 2026
Ken B
Lighting & dimmer work
Dylan was courteous and not high pressured upsell. One light quit working within an hour of the technician leaving - he did say he might have to come back to replace a dimmer with a paddle that did not have a dimmer. He did do a great job of cleaning the area
Google review, Sep 2026
Wylie Coupons
These are our current offers, most of them for heating and cooling work. Choose one to book online, or mention it when you call.
Electrical Problems Specific to Wylie Homes
Electrician Calls in Wylie: Oncor or Farmers Electric?
Two electric utilities are named for Wylie, Oncor and Farmers Electric Cooperative, and the outage number you call depends on which one is yours.
The city's winter storm page gives Oncor's outage line, 888-313-4747, and does not mention Farmers Electric at all. Farmers Electric Cooperative runs out of Greenville and lists (903) 455-1715 for outages.
At an Oncor address, the name on your bill is a retailer, chosen from a market, and Oncor owns the lines and the meter. ERCOT, which runs the grid, says co-ops that have not opted in to retail competition leave their members no choice of provider. The city's pages don't say which utility serves which street, so your bill is the place to check.
For a dead outlet or a tripping breaker, the problem is usually on your side of the meter, and that is where we work. For no power at all, flickering across the whole house or a problem at the meter, the first call is to the wires company.
Check this yourself: Find the company that delivers your power on your latest bill, not only the one that sends it, and save that outage number in your phone.
Aluminum Wiring in Wylie's 1960s and 1970s Homes
About 900 of Wylie's 19,196 homes were built in the 1960s and 1970s, the decades the CPSC links to aluminum branch wiring. Most Wylie homes are newer and don't have it.
Census estimates count 389 Wylie homes from the 1960s and 512 from the 1970s. The Consumer Product Safety Commission says cable installed between 1965 and the mid 1970s, in new homes, additions and rewired circuits, may contain aluminum wiring on ordinary 15 and 20 amp circuits. Those years cut across Wylie's decade counts, so the real number of aluminum-wired homes is smaller than 900, and it is the age of the wiring that matters, not only the age of the house.
The CPSC's signs are warm cover plates, flickering lights, dead circuits and a burnt plastic smell at outlets or switches. It recommends repair by a qualified electrician. If you see "Al" on a branch-circuit cable or any of those signs in an older Wylie home, call us and say so, because it changes what a repair involves.
Check this yourself: Look at the printed jacket on any thin branch-circuit cable you can see from a garage wall or an attic hatch, and don't step off the attic walkway or go up on a hot afternoon. "Al" or "Aluminum" on that cable means aluminum branch wiring. Not seeing it proves nothing, so ask an electrician to check. Don't open any box or cover to look.
Electrical Permits in Wylie: Who Can Pull One
Wylie lets a homeowner pull an electrical permit only for their own homestead and only if they do all of the work themselves.
The City of Wylie's list of work needing a permit includes electrical service panel upgrades and replacements and "miscellaneous plumbing, electrical, or mechanical work." The list says it is not all-inclusive. The city also publishes a Homeowner's Affidavit for Electrical, and it is narrow. The owner swears they own and live in the home, claim a homestead exemption there, will install every box, wire, fixture, switch, receptacle and panel board themselves, and will schedule the inspections. It has to be notarized.
That leaves out a landlord, an owner who doesn't live in the house and anyone who hires out part of the work. When your work needs a permit, we pull it and schedule the inspection.
City of Wylie Building Inspection is in the Municipal Complex at 300 Country Club Road. Its page gives a turnaround of 5 to 10 business days for residential permits, and inspections are booked through Citizen Serve or by phone on weekdays.
Check this yourself: If you are unsure whether your job needs a permit, ask City of Wylie Building Inspection before work starts, and keep the permit number with your records.
Electrical Repair or Panel Upgrade?
One bad breaker, a dead outlet or a flickering fixture is a repair. Census estimates put the median Wylie home at 2006, so most panels here are not antique, and a single fault usually does not mean the panel has to go.
A look at the panel makes sense when breakers trip again and again on different circuits, when you are adding a large load such as an EV charger or a generator, or in the roughly 1,350 Wylie homes that predate 1980.
It covers sending an electrician to your home and the diagnostic that finds the cause. You get the price of the repair before any work starts, and you decide from there.
Yes. Our general manager, Steve Tigert, is a Texas Master Electrician, and the work is done by licensed electricians.
Yes, for work that needs a permit. We pull it and schedule the inspection, so you do not have to.
No. A breaker that trips again and again is telling you something, so unplug what is on it and call. Warm outlets, burning smells and crackling mean stop using the circuit and call.
Yes. We find the cause, explain it, and give you the price before any work begins. If we find something bigger along the way, we show you what it is and you decide.
If the neighbors are dark too, call your utility. Oncor's outage line is 888-313-4747, and Farmers Electric Cooperative's is (903) 455-1715. Your bill shows which one delivers your power. If only your house is out, call us at 972-421-8000.
Only a small share could. The CPSC ties aluminum branch wiring to cable installed from 1965 to the mid 1970s, and about 900 of Wylie's 19,196 homes were built in the 1960s and 1970s. A house from 2000 or later is not in that group. Look for "Al" or "Aluminum" on a branch-circuit cable you can see from the garage floor, and ask an electrician to check the rest.
Only on your own homestead and only if you do every part of the work yourself. The City of Wylie requires a notarized Homeowner's Affidavit for Electrical. If anyone else does part of the job, a contractor pulls the permit.
The city's permit list names panel upgrades and replacements and miscellaneous electrical work, and says the list is not all-inclusive. It doesn't spell out where a single outlet or breaker swap falls. City of Wylie Building Inspection can give you a firm answer for your job.
Schedule an Electrician in Wylie
Call 972-421-8000 or schedule online. The $89 dispatch fee includes the diagnostic, and you get the price before any work starts.
