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Authorized Generac dealer in Houston — standby generators installed start to finish

The load calculation, the pad, the gas line, the transfer switch, the permit and the startup — not a unit dropped in your yard with somebody else’s number on it.

When the power goes out in Houston it is rarely convenient and it is rarely brief. A standby generator starts on its own, carries the circuits you chose ahead of time, and hands the house back to the utility when the street comes up — with nobody standing outside in the rain with a cord.

Finished home standby generator installed on its pad against the brick side wall of a Houston house
Finished home standby generator set on its pad alongside the house.

We are an authorized Generac dealer, and we do the whole installation: the load calculation, the pad, the gas line, the transfer switch, the permit and the startup.

What the job actually involves

Sizing and load calculation

We work out what you actually want running — the whole house, or the circuits that matter: AC, kitchen, well pump, medical equipment, the home office. Oversizing costs money and undersizing costs you the thing you bought it for.

The pad

Level, drained, set clear of windows and vents to code, and positioned so service access is still there in five years.

Standby generator set on a concrete pad with the gas hookup made up and the trench open alongside

The gas line

Sized for the unit’s demand, not just connected to it. This is where a lot of generator installs quietly go wrong — the unit runs fine until it is asked to carry real load and the supply cannot keep up.

The transfer switch

Automatic, so nothing depends on somebody being home. Whole-house or essential-circuit, wired and labeled so the next electrician can read it.

Open automatic transfer switch on a brick wall showing the 200-amp main breaker, neutral and ground bar, controller board and dressed conductors

Permits and inspection

Pulled and passed. Houston and every surrounding city we work in has its own way of doing this and we deal with all of them.

Startup and handover

Commissioned, exercised, and walked through with you until you know what the lights on it mean.

Home standby generator with its enclosure open during installation, showing the controller, the 150-amp main breaker and the alternator inside, with the supply trench still open alongside
A standby generator with its enclosure open during installation — controller, main breaker and alternator, with the trench still open.

Generator repair, service and maintenance

A standby generator is a small engine that sits outside in Houston heat and humidity for months without being asked to do anything, and then is asked to do everything. Oil, filters, plugs, the battery, the transfer switch contacts — it needs the same attention as anything else with an engine in it.

We service and repair standby generators whether or not we installed them, and whether or not they are Generac. If you have a unit out of warranty that the dealer who sold it will not come out for, that is exactly the call we take.

Maintenance plans that protect your manufacturer warranty are available on new and existing installations.

Our 24-hour service department is real. If your generator fails during an outage, that is not a Monday morning problem.

On brands, honestly

We are an authorized Generac dealer, and Generac is the brand most people come to us already asking for. It is the biggest name in standby power for good reason and we install a lot of them.

But if you ask us what we like, we will tell you we rate Kohler. They are good units. We will happily put one in.

We also install and service Cummins and Briggs & Stratton. We are not a dealer for Kohler, Cummins or Briggs & Stratton — we source, install and service them, which matters more than it sounds like it should. A shop that only carries one brand has to turn away the unit in your yard if it is the wrong one. We do not. If you have an out-of-warranty generator of almost any make and you cannot get anyone to look at it, call us.

Open residential load center on a brick wall with breakers landed and conductors dressed, the meter can beside it and a generator power inlet mounted below

Commercial and standby power

Standby power on a commercial building is a different problem: a bigger unit, a bigger gas or diesel supply, a transfer scheme that has to match how the building is actually fed, and a shutdown window that has to be planned around a business that is trying to stay open.

We do that work too — including temporary and rental generator hookups when a building needs to keep running through a service upgrade. See our commercial electrical services.

Trailer-mounted generator parked beside a commercial building as a three-man crew walks to the service entrance

Where we install

Houston, Cypress, Katy, Spring, Tomball, The Woodlands, Jersey Village, Humble, Sugar Land, Bellaire, Northwest Houston and Missouri City — see every area we serve.

Want to know what size you need?

Free estimate, no pressure, and a straight answer about what the whole job costs to do properly. Licensed and insured, TECL #37743.

Where we install

We work across Greater Houston. These cities have a page of their own:

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