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Boston Home Improvements: New Outdoor Lighting for Your Grill
If you’re going to celebrate the good weather with a barbecue, why not do it right? It can be frustrating to use clip-on lighting for your grill area so you can keep cooking on those late summer nights. And trying to prepare food by the porch light is never anyone’s idea of fun. Why not…
Read MoreHire a South Shore Electrician: Upgrade Federal Pacific Panels
How do you know when it is time to upgrade electrical wiring or breaker panels in your home? It pays to hire qualified South Shore electrical services to provide you with an inspection and overall assessment of your home’s electrical system. However, there are also a few tell-tale signs that can help you determine on…
Read MoreResidential Electric: Safety-Proofing Outlets in South Shore
While there are hundreds of different products on the market designed to help with safety-proofing a home for babies, kids, and pets, your best bet is to hire a South Shore electrician to make sure that your safety-proofing is 100 percent fool-proof to keep everyone in your household safe. Residential electrical services are even more…
Read MoreBack Bay Homeowners: Signs It’s Time to Replace Wall Outlets
Owning a home means taking care of a lot of preventive maintenance. It is important to work with industry professionals who can help you with a wide variety of home maintenance and repair services. Residential and commercial building renovations, as well as emergency repair services, can help you to ensure that your home is working…
Read MorePreventing Pipes in Back Bay Homes from Freezing this Winter
There are a lot of myths and old wives’ tales about how to prevent pipes from freezing during the winter months. However, the simplest tip is most often the best: just don’t allow your home to get cold enough for the pipes to freeze. When you hire Back Bay electrical services to perform an inspection…
Read MoreNewton Electrical Services: Light Bulbs Burning Out Too Early?
Have you noticed that you have to replace your light bulbs more frequently? Do they burn out just after a few weeks or months? The average incandescent light bulb should last approximately 900 hours. Studies show that the average usage for most bulbs is about eight hours a day. Assuming normal usage, your bulbs should…
Read MoreResidential Renovations in Back Bay: Upgrade Knob & Tube Wiring
Massachusetts has a long and storied history and, in fact, there are many homes still standing today throughout the state that are hundreds of years old. However, homeowners doing renovations or making residential wiring repairs in Back Bay and the surrounding Greater Boston area, are still dealing with electrical issues, such as wanting to upgrade…
Read MoreWinter Safety: Why You Should Install a Generator in Boston
When most people think about a generator, they think about the loud, noisy, and sometimes smelly gas-powered generators that they see on job sites and outdoor events. However, the type of generators that are typically installed for residential electrical in Back Bay and the surrounding Greater Boston area are much different. There are many reasons…
Read MoreBoston Electric: Lessons from Benjamin Franklin’s Experiments
While it was all the way back in 1752 that Founding Father Benjamin Franklin first flew a kite into a storm to capture an electrical charge, there are many things that we take for granted today with regard to electricity that might not have occurred were it not for this extraordinary man. Prior to performing…
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