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Emergencies 24/7, he picks up · Sewell, NJMantua Township · Gloucester County
You need an electrician in Sewell, NJ, and the one who quoted the kitchen stopped answering. Chris picks up right away, and you know the price first.
Stagg Electric is Chris Stagg, a licensed electrician working out of West Berlin, about twenty-three minutes from Sewell on a clear road, and the estimate is free.
- 5.0 on Google
- 15 reviews
- NJ #19320
- Insured
Sewell electrician, every service
Looking for a licensed electrician in Sewell, NJ who answers his own phone?
Stagg Electric is a licensed electrician in Sewell, NJ, license 19320 and insured. Sewell is a post office name rather than a town. So the first job on a Sewell address is working out whether the house is in Mantua Township or Washington Township, because that decides where the permit goes. He is the emergency electrician in Sewell people call at midnight, because he runs 24 hours and picks up his own phone. West Berlin is about twenty-three minutes away on a clear road. The estimate is free. The price is agreed before he starts.
Most of Sewell went up in the 1990s. So the question is usually whether a 1990s service can charge a car and run a heat pump on top of everything it was built for. A lot of what he does here is EV charger installation in Sewell on its own circuit, and a service upgrade or panel replacement in Sewell when the answer is no. He does a breaker box upgrade when the old panel is out of room. He runs dedicated circuits in Sewell for the dryer or the range that keeps tripping the room. He does recessed lighting in Sewell inside and out, and outdoor lighting placed so the walk and the porch look designed. He does generator wiring in Sewell too. At a Mantua Township address that is a zoning form before it is an electrical permit.
If you do not know what is wrong, electrical troubleshooting in Sewell is where most calls start, because the dead outlet and the breaker nobody could explain are most of the job. New construction and renovation wiring in Sewell is the rough in and finish work for the addition or the gut job. The permit for the Sewell area itself comes from the Mantua Township Construction Department. The construction office with the Sewell street address is Washington Township's. Both townships have Atlantic City Electric and PSE&G in them. The name on your bill is who to call about an outage, and the panel onward is his. Send the form or call him.
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What he does in Sewell
Eight things he does in Sewell, and what each one looks like.
- Licensed · NJ #19320
- Insured · Proof available on request
- Pricing · Upfront, agreed first
- Emergencies · 24/7, he picks up
Old service brought up to a modern amperage so the house stops fighting you every time something switches on.
The service page
Interior and exterior recessed lighting, placed so the finished job actually looks designed.
The service page
A proper circuit run to the driveway or garage so the car charges overnight at home.
The service page
Full rough-in and finish work for additions, gut jobs and new builds.
Service upgrades
What he knows about Sewell
Three things that are true in Sewell and not three towns over.
Sewell is a postal name
There is no Sewell municipal government and no Sewell construction office. The Census draws the Sewell CDP with its own boundary, and that boundary sits inside Mantua Township, whose Construction Department issues its permits, while the construction office that carries a Sewell mailing address at 523 Egg Harbor Road is Washington Township's and serves Washington Township addresses only. The township your street is in decides which office issues the permit, and your property tax bill names it.
Zoning before the permit, generators included
Mantua Township says a zoning permit is required before a construction permit can be issued for most projects, and its own list of examples includes generators alongside additions, sheds, decks and pools, so a standby generator at a Mantua address is a zoning application first. The Construction Department is on the second floor, right side, of the municipal building.
The office that is physically in Sewell
Washington Township's Department of Code Enforcement and Inspections gives its address as 523 Egg Harbor Road, Sewell, NJ 08080, reached at (856) 589-0520. It is the construction office with the Sewell address, and it serves Washington Township addresses only; its inspection requests go by email with seven required fields.
Each card was read from api.censusreporter.org, mantuatownship.com and twp.washington.nj.us, and checked on 2026-09-19.
Sewell, in Mantua Township, Gloucester County
Where a Sewell job actually gets approved.
There is no Sewell municipal government. Sewell is a post office name and a census-designated place whose boundary the Census draws inside Mantua Township, so the first job on any Sewell address is working out which township's construction office owns it. The office listed first below is Mantua's, because the Sewell census area is in Mantua; Washington Township's, which is the one with the Sewell street address, is described beneath it.
The office that signs off a Sewell job
Mantua Township Construction Department
- Where
- Municipal Building, 2nd floor, 401 Main Street, Mantua, NJ 08051
- Phone
- (856) 468-1500
- Open
- Monday to Friday 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM, plus Tuesday evenings 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM; closed Fridays between Memorial Day and Labor Day
- Utility
- Atlantic City Electric or PSE&G, depending on the address
Both Mantua Township and Washington Township have territory of each utility on the state's electric utility map, and the centre of each tests as Atlantic City Electric, but the line runs through both, so the name on your electric bill is the answer for your house.
Before you call, in Sewell
Which construction office handles a permit at a Sewell address?
It depends on which township the house is in, because Sewell is a post office name, not a town. The Sewell area itself sits in Mantua Township, whose Construction Department is at 401 Main Street in Mantua, (856) 468-1500. The one code office actually in Sewell, at 523 Egg Harbor Road, is Washington Township's, and it serves that township only. Your property tax bill names the township, and that is the office.
Source: api.censusreporter.orgDoes a standby generator at a Mantua Township address need zoning approval first?
Mantua says so on its own page. Most projects need a zoning permit before a building permit is issued. The township's own list of examples names generators, along with additions, sheds, decks and pools. So a generator at a Mantua address is a zoning form first and an electrical permit second. Both go to the Construction Department on the second floor of the town building, open Monday to Friday 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM plus Tuesday evenings.
Source: mantuatownship.comIs my Sewell house on Atlantic City Electric or PSE&G?
Either, whichever township it is in. The state's map shows both Mantua Township and Washington Township with both utilities in them. The centre of each tests as Atlantic City Electric, but the line runs through each, so the name on the electric bill is the one that counts. An outage is a call to whichever utility that is. The panel and everything past it is the electrician's job either way.
Source: mapsdep.nj.gov
Office details and the answers above are read from the office's own pages, the state's own documents and the Census, and were checked on 2026-09-19. Call ahead before you drive there, because hours move.
Chris Stagg, owner
NJ license 19320 · insured
Who you are calling
The person who quotes the Sewell job is the person who comes back and does it.
Stagg Electric is Chris. He answers his own phone, the estimate is free and you know the price before anything starts. The license on the job is his, New Jersey 19320, he is insured, and for emergencies he runs 24/7.
Sewell is about twenty-three minutes from his own driveway, so the person who looks at the job is the person who comes back and does it, and he knows which township your street is in before he fills in the permit.
From his Google listing, in the words people wrote
“Stagg electric created a beautiful porch ambiance with our new exterior lighting. We couldn't be more pleased! Stagg electric is easy to work with, super professional, and had a speedy execution! Thank you so much!”
“Chris was really helpful and responds right away! Puts the time into his work and helped me understand everything, very professional. Wouldn't go to anyone else!”
“Nice electrician. Knows his stuff and reasonable price. Will use again.”
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