Installing the Correct Light Fixtures for Safety - If a professional home designer or licensed architect designed your house, there's a good chance that you don't need to think about this problem. If your home was designed by someone who doesn't understand basic lighting principles, you can have a problem.

How to Install a New Ceiling Light - Replacing the Old One - Installing a new ceiling light, isn't usually a difficult process. Applying a little common sense, with a little bit of do-it-yourself handyman practices, can make this task, even easier. Let's start with some electrical fixture basics and try to get you through this task as quickly as possible.

Checking Concrete Patio Slabs - Potential Water Damage Problems - I really can't tell you how many times I've ran into problems with concrete patio slabs that are higher than the interior floor of the home. It doesn't have to be much higher, even if it's the same height, you could still have problems if the patio slab doesn't slope safely away from the home.

Your Contractors Solution to a Poorly Marked Electrical Breaker Box - If your electrical breaker box isn't marked correctly, you could find yourself spending a lot of time, looking for certain breakers to shut off certain parts of your home electrical system. Now what about the time that a competent contractor will waste, if he has to individually turn off each electrical breaker until he finds the one that actually shuts off the area of the home that he will now be working on.

What's Wrong with Some Energy-Efficient Light Bulbs? - Everyone is interested in saving a few dollars, it's just who we are and we can't seem to get away from it. We often work hard for our money and when a new product comes out, that guarantees we will save a certain amount of money, we are all over it.