Professional Electricians in Panama City Beach, FL

The answer to this question is it all depends on exactly what the type of electrical work is being done. Normally service and repair type work does not require an electrical permit. However if new circuitry is being installed which originates at an electrical panel then an electrical permit is normally required. Any time you have a building with an addition or renovation work going on which requires a building permit, normally the electrical work that accompanies that work will require an electrical permit. In event you have a problem with your electrical service which requires the power company to disconnect the power to your residence in order to get it hooked back up will require a qualified licensed electrician to inspect, repair and purchase an electrical permit in order for power to be restored.

The answer is absolutely. Gulf Coast Electric operates twenty four hours a day 365 days a year. Whenever you call our company staff you will be greeted by a live person not an answering machine. When you call our company after hours, on weekends or on holidays a professional call taker will answer your questions and have a qualified service electrician normally within five to fifteen minutes call you back. This qualified electrician will make arrangements to tend to your electrical emergency immediately. We are one of the few firms in the surrounding area that offers true 24 hour Emergency Electrical Service that you can depend on.

The simple answer is because that is what we are charged by the credit card companies. 95% of our payments are made to us via personal checks. Therefore we do very little business with the credit card companies in reference to credit card charges. The percentages that companies are charged by the credit card companies are based on the volume of charges that are made on a yearly basis. Because we do such a small amount of credit card charges, the fee imposed on us is large. Therefore on credit card charges over $500.00 we must pass this fee along to our customers. We certainly do not want to raise the cost of all of the work that we do to allow for the payment of credit card charges and this is basically what we would have to do. That would be unfair to the people that do not utilize credit cards for payment. We try to be as competitive as we possibly can and our labor rate and material markups do not allow for the credit card fee. Therefore if you wish to use a credit card on charges more than $500.00 the fee will apply at the present time our service fee is 4%.

Per the Florida Department of Revenue we are an electrical contractor who is defined as a contractor who performs lump sum, cost plus, fixed fee, guaranteed price, or time and materials Real Property contracts. Contractors who perform these type of contracts do not resell tangible personal property to the real property owner but use the property for real property improvements. Therefore we must pay sales tax to all of our supplies on all of our purchases for these type of contracts. Per Florida Department of Revenue we should not charge tax to our customers because we are not engaged in selling tangible personal property.

Our normal Service call is the price that we charge to show up to the job during the week Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The service call is explained above in item #4. Service Call charge is based on your location per zip codes. The Same Day Service rates for customers that have emergencies and are requesting electrical work the same day that they call. If we can work you in our schedule many times we do not charge the Same Day Service rate as it is at a premium. However if we have to rearrange our scheduling and pull electricians from one job to another in order to tend to your emergency the same day that it comes in then we charge a premium which is called a Same Day Service Rate. The labor is at the same normal labor charge unless the call runs into overtime. Emergency Call out rate is the charge for Emergency Service Calls after hours. If our electricians have already arrived at their place of residence and they are called from home on an emergency after hours which is after 4:00 p.m. during the week or weekend calls or holiday calls then the Emergency Call Out Rate applies. Overtime labor rate is charged for any electrical work after the hours of 4:00 p.m. and for weekend and holiday work.