DIY Electrical

You Should Not DIY Electricity Because You Watched Schoolhouse Rock (Electricity, Electricity)

By Brenda Masse / March 27, 2024 /

If you were born after 1989, you probably have no idea what I’m talking about, but some of us learned everything we needed to know from “Schoolhouse Rock.” Well, almost everything. Just because you know the song, and have watched a few YouTube videos since then, doesn’t mean that you and your power tools are…

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Scary Home Inspection Finds Aren’t as Fun as a Good Haunted House

By Brenda Masse / October 4, 2023 /

It’s October, which means it’s officially scary season, the most wonderful time of the year! Maybe that’s just me. Now, there’s good scary, which is like a good old fashioned haunted house, and then there’s bad scary, which is when it’s something at your house. For this week’s Upon Closer Inspection we’ll be looking at…

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Home Inspection Deficiency Checklist: Is This A Deal Breaker?

By Brenda Masse / August 30, 2023 /

When you’re buying a home and you have your home inspection, you’ll receive a very detailed report that includes information about everything from tiny foundation cracks to the roof. You’ll get a lot of info about things that aren’t super important, but that can be used as a maintenance checklist, such as outlets that need…

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How Does My Home Electrical System Work? From The Utility Pole to The Panel Box: Part 2

By Brenda Masse / May 3, 2023 /

Last week, we started looking at your home electrical system, how electricity gets from the utility pole to your panel box, who’s responsible for what, and some of the problems that can happen along the way. We talked about the parts of your home electrical system that are outside your house: the utility pole, the…

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Avoid Costly Blunders And Make Sure Your Home Improvement Project is an Actual Improvement

By Brenda Masse / April 5, 2023 /

We all have some delusions of grandeur when it comes to any home improvement project— some more so than others (looking at you, DIY-electrical-next-to-the-pool-guy). We think we can tackle projects that turn out to be a little bigger than we expected, or that require materials we can’t put our hands to. Again, some much more…

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