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Electrical Remodeling

12/20/2017 at Residential Electrical

Illuminations Lighting Design offers a full range of electrical remodeling services—services which our customers have come to know and love. Feel free to visit our Testimonials page and read all the wonderful things they say about us. Our modesty makes us reluctant to mention that there are nearly 150 of them, but it’s only fair to warn you so you can bring your reading glasses and a cup of coffee—it’s going to take
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New Home Wiring

12/08/2017 at Residential Electrical

Let’s start by doing it right! Moving into a new home is an exciting adventure, possibly your first house ever, growing from apartment living to a space that seems comparatively huge. Even if houses are old-hat to you, maybe this is your very first brand new house. A house can be full of surprises, like substantial bedroom closets, a spinning multi-tiered tray in a deep kitchen closet so you can find something
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Houston Electrical Work

11/27/2017 at Residential Electrical

Putting "Pro" in the word "Professional." Having your Uncle Jim “who knows all about electricity” come in to install an additional outlet above the bathroom sink for your hairdryer seldom results in someone dying. Thank goodness! But you know what? Unless Uncle Jim is a certified electrician, it is still a terrible idea. It’s almost impossible to disagree with the idea that even one injury is too
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Electrical Panel Upgrades

11/17/2017 at Residential Electrical

Joining the Modern Age Upgrading your electrical service often becomes necessary when you start to renovate. Most electrical codes stipulate that any fixed appliance with a motor (dishwasher, fridge, garbage disposal, etc.) must be on a separate circuit. The last thing you want is someone plugging in a hairdryer and killing the power to the fridge or deep freezer, and hundreds of dollars’ worth of food! You might
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Halogen, Mercury, Sodium — Oh My!

11/06/2017 at LED Lighting

Those energy-eaters must go! We’ve talked before about the beautiful antebellum homes of Texas, originally lit by candles, gaslight, or oil lamps. The masterful details of tall columns, plenty of windows, orchards, or huge, ancient trees still exist here and there, but mostly we live in smaller, more energy efficient, and much lower maintenance style homes nowadays. Yet we haven’t left behind the idea of beauty;
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Licensed Electricians

10/11/2017 at LED Lighting

Installing safely, beautifully, and up to code! North America is weird in that we unnecessarily use the most dangerous lightbulb sockets in the world. When lightbulbs were first invented they had two wires sticking out the bottom that were connected to screw terminals. This was necessary to provide the electricity they needed to work, but it was also very inconvenient when it came time to change the lightbulb—and
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“I see the light…”

10/03/2017 at LED Lighting

…and it is beautiful! Your home is unique and deserves individual attention to showcase your personality and taste. Even in a row of identical houses, once you enter, each space is different. One home might possess a Spartan look to minimize distractions; another could be chock-full of overstuffed furniture and wing-backed armchairs. It may have dark burgundy walls with expensive oil paintings hung in gilded
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Interior vs Exterior LEDs

09/25/2017 at LED Lighting

Making the right choice LED lights give you full brightness as soon as you turn them on, just like the familiar filament, or incandescent bulb, that we have had since the late 1800s. The same cannot be said for CFL (Compact Fluorescent) bulbs, which in some cases can take more than one minute to warm up and provide full brightness. Bulb filaments are actually weakened by thermal expansion and contraction when you
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Retrofitting

09/25/2017 at LED Lighting

Be afraid…be very afraid There is a whole collection of unscrupulous pseudo-lighting “experts” out there in the world that would love to take your money. Most of the electrician-folks that you meet have the best of intentions; they’ve often been in business for years; they have a legitimate business address; their desire is to provide top-rated service that is fully-compliant with the Electrical Code. Some of our
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Professional Design at its Best

09/12/2017 at LED Lighting

“Flow” is the key to success At Illuminations Lighting Design we specialize in whole house batch LED lighting upgrades and replacements to achieve the desired results. While we can certainly handle any electrical lighting job, there are distinct advantages to doing the whole job at once… Transitions Almost everybody has had an opportunity to see a planetarium—it’s a stunning adventure—but one thing which is
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