Where to Install Smoke Detectors
Smoke detectors help save lives – but only if they are installed correctly and in the right locations. In fact, the International Building Code (IBC) requires that homeowners upgrade a...
Electrical Repairs for a Licensed Electrician
Home repair problems never occur at the right time. (Maybe that’s because there is no right time?) So that got us thinking: What makes the wrong time so wrong? Maybe you’re saving...
How to Add Character to Your Home
Sometimes a home can look a little uninspired or downright bland – especially a new one made from “builder grade” materials. If you’re tired of being bored with your own...
Why is My Wall Socket Warm?
What are the things you take for granted around the house? Maybe consistently comfortable temperatures, a roof that doesn’t leak, food in the fridge…probably a pretty long list when you...
The Problem with Aluminum Wiring
Fads come and go…that’s what makes them fads in the first place. When we’rein the middle of one, it seems like the most natural thing possible, whether or not you...
Why Your Home Needs Surge Protection
Ever see a TV, outdoor air conditioning condenser, or refrigerator go poof? How about all at once? Hopefully not, but that doesn’t mean it can’t or won’t happen to you. ...
When Do You Need an Electrician?
Whether you mean to or not, it’s often easy to take electricity for granted. You flip a switch and the lights come on. You press a button and a few...
How to Hire an Electrician.
If you’re the fussy type, finding the right electrician can take some time…especially once you factor in the safety angle. You also want to be sure the person or company...
The Problem with Hot Outlets
How would you know if one of your electrical outlets was hot to the touch? You wouldn’t…not unless you touch it. But, when you consider what’s behind a hot outlet,...
5 Electrical Safety Tips
Your home is a place of comfort and safety, but safety can be enhanced by avoiding basic yet common electrical mistakes. Easy on the extension cords To compensate for fewer...
Common Homeowner Mistakes, and How to Avoid Them
Mistakes happen, right? Of course they do. And when are they most likely to happen? When you’re working with little or no knowledge about the matter at hand. With that...
Full Service Electrical Contractor
Time may be money, but there’s a lot more to it than that. Time is what you make it. If, for example, you spend just enough time on a home...
Create the Right Mood Indoors with Accent Lighting
If you use light for illumination only, you are so missing out! That’s because light is both a mood shaper and has a huge impact on the way you react...
Electrical Safety: Cords & Plugs
Now that fall is here and your family is spending more time indoors, it’s time to pay even more attention to home electrical safety. For the sake of your home...
How to Prevent an Electrical Fire
US homes aren’t the tinder boxes they once are, and yet there are still more than 1,000 house fires every year, many if not most of them preventable. What can...
