As a home owner you might be surprised by how much work a lighting electrician can do around your home. From saving you money on electricity bills, to making repairs and helping you turn your house into a dream home, a licensed electrician can help to brighten your life.
Repairs and Maintenance
Perhaps the most common reason to call an electrician is when you have an electrical problem around the home. This is no different when it comes to your lighting.
Switches, wiring and lights can all fail, and if they do its best to call a licensed electrician, like ours here at Everest Electrical. As professionals and experts in the field, we can quickly and easily find what is causing a problem with your lighting and make the necessary repairs.
More importantly though, a qualified electrician is trained and certified in working with electrical works. Do-it-yourself repair jobs without this expert knowledge can be especially dangerous and shouldn’t be attempted.
Preventative maintenance can also help keep your home’s lighting in good working order and save you from costly repair and replacement bills. Older homes in particular should have their wiring and lighting inspected by an electrician to ensure that everything is in good working order and safe for all the occupants.
Setting the Mood
You will be surprised at how much of a difference installing dimmer switches will make to your home. Being able to control the brightness of the lights in all or some of your rooms, you can make your home safer and more usable.
A dimmer switch on a hallway or bathroom light can allow you to very softly light the house of a night time to make visits to the bathroom easier and safer (not to mention without waking others in the home). They can also be a welcome for late-night arrivals.
Installing a dimmer switch in the lounge room can also turn it into your very own home cinema. The low lighting can help you to enjoy watching your favourite movies without being in complete darkness.
Saving You Money
Another great advantage of dimmer switches is their ability to save you money on your power bills. Lights running on half brightness use half the power, so through the use of dimmer switches you can only light rooms as much as they need to be and save money on your electricity bills.
It’s not only through the installation of dimmer switches that a lighting electrician can save you money though.
A licensed electrician can not only repair lights, but also install new lights to all rooms in your home. By installing LED lights into your home, you will not only reduce your energy bills, but also replace bulbs less often, provide a safer environment for your family and even have a more stylish home.
Traditional halogen light bulbs use up to six times more energy than an LED light, making LEDs far cheaper to run over the long term. LEDs are also far more durable and long lasting than halogen lights meaning that you will be replacing them less often. In fact, some LED lights have up to a 7 year warranty!
Much lower operating temperatures make LEDs a far safer option than halogen lights. Cooler to the touch they reduce the risk of accidental injuries, while the lower temperature also reduces the risk of debris catching on fire if it comes in contact with the light.
Finally LED lights are much more compact, allowing them to be used in a much greater range of fittings to suit your home and style.
Brightening Your Outdoors
Lights are for more than just indoors though. By lighting the outdoor elements of your home such as gardens, patios and pools you can bring your outdoors to life.
Balconies, decks and patios are great during the summer months during daylight savings. But by installing lighting you can use these areas year round and long into the night, and make them a great place for hosting barbecues and parties.
Lighting your garden and yard can also extend your usable space even further. It can also bring your garden to life and transform its look and feel. Garden lights can also be controlled by timers or remote to help save electricity when you are not out enjoying your new yard.
Another space which can greatly benefit from lighting is your pool. Not only can the water be lit up to make night swimming safer, but different coloured LEDs can transform the look for your pool and make it a real talking point among your friends.
If you are on Sydney’s North Shore or Northern Beaches, and would like to see how a lighting electrician can transform your home, save you money, and make your family safer, the Everest Electrical team welcomes your call on 0410 229 139.