EV Charging Station Guide

Mother Nature Can Be Hard on Homes and Electrical Systems

Before you call an electrician follow these steps to possibly resolve the problem and save yourself some money. These steps are absolutely safe for anyone to try...

Check out a Behind the Scenes Look at Electrical Work

While thunderstorms and lightning are inevitable, there are some things you can do to keep your home and family safer and informed.

Inspection reports, whether this is your first home purchase or not can be a maze of unusual terms and scary sounding problems. Put your mind at ease with some explanations of common inspection report items.

Google Aluminum Wire and you'll be horrified by what you find. However, Aluminum is just a metal that needs a little more attention over time than Copper. Take all information from Google with a grain of salt and remember that the house is still standing after all this time. 

General Home Electrical Information

​How-To: Install an Outdoor Fan​

Things You Should Know About Your Home When Lightning Strikes

5 Real Estate Inspection Report Electrical Issues Explained

Fixing Ungrounded Outlets

Taking the Confusion out of Car Charging Station Installations

The Electrical Aftermath of a Flooded Home

Your safety is top priority so if you have any doubts about the electrical system in your home, call an electrician.

We decided, like so many other homeowners, that we didn’t like the look of one big fluorescent light in the kitchen, so we decided to take it out and replace it with recessed lights.

Flooding, Lightning, & Surges

Home Buying

How-To

3 Things to do Before Calling an Electrician

Car Chargers (EVSE)

Making Sense of the Electrical in a New Home

We break down the differences between a level 1 and a level 2 to help you decide which one is better for you. Our infographic will help you determine which best suits your needs. 

Choosing the right charging station for your electric car can be confusing. We've chosen the most common charging stations and compared them based on the biggest differences we see aside from cost.

The Truth About Aluminum Wiring

Level 1 vs Level 2: Which one is better?

Behind the Scenes

How to do the Electrical Work Yourself - Safely

Homes built prior to the Vietnam war era were most likely wired with a two wire system, and two prong outlets were installed.  They lack the extra safety feature of a ground wire to help better protect the home and wiring...

Texas summers can be brutal but watching the sunset from your back porch with a ceiling fan is a game changer. We had the average, builder grade light fixture so I went to Home Depot and picked up an outdoor ceiling fan.

Behind the Scenes: Recessed Light Installation

How-To: Replace an Outlet

We have decided to tackle a fairly large flooring project, after way too long of living on concrete floors we’re finally putting down tile ourselves. While we’re updating the floors, we thought it was about time to update our outlets....

Is Your Breaker Box a Hazard?

Federal Pacific and Zinsco-Sylvania are just a couple panel brands known to be unsafe. Federal Pacific panels are considered to have a 60% failure rate while newer panels have a less than 1% failure rate.  The hazard lies within the breakers that fail to trip when faults or overloads occur...

Steps You Can Take to Protect Your Home from a Surge

It's most common to think of surges as being caused by lightning strikes either near your home or directly impacting your home. However, you might be surprised to find out...