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Month: March 2021

Choosing Adequate and Appealing Outdoor Lighting

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With a lovely and functional outdoor living space, the entire aesthetic of a home can change for the better. Have you ever thought about improving your space with gorgeous outdoor lighting accents? Gervais Electric, Inc. understands the many benefits of installing lighting in an outdoor space and wants to take this time to share some important factors to take into consideration when adding the perfect light to any backyard.

 

IMPORTANT TIPS AND FACTORS

 

Before choosing fixtures and features to light your outdoors, whether on your stylish patio or other areas of your outdoor living space, it’s important to research the variety of lights and features available in order to determine what will best suit the needs of your home and property. There are a number of factors and considerations you should make.

 

First, let’s take into consideration the wide range of lighting fixtures that are available on the market today. Our team recommends the use of a variety of fixtures throughout your outdoor living space with specific lighting designated to each area and space. From accent lighting and ambient lighting, to task lighting, the choices are diverse and many. The prime focus of installing outdoor lighting, in addition to providing needed light, is to add an aesthetic appeal to your outdoor space, while also adding value to your home and property.

 

Further considerations when installing lighting for your outdoor space should be selecting proper controls. Whether sensors, timers or dimmers, or even the installation of photocells that run on timers and solar energy together, choosing the right controls is vital. With the use of controls, you are able to save on the amount of electricity used and on the overall cost of electricity usage. You’ll also enjoy a reduction in your monthly utility bills.

 

Another important aspect to consider is choosing the proper size fixture for your outdoor living space. This is important because you not only want to ensure you have enough lighting to cover your space and deliver the perfect output and proportion, but you also want to ensure that the fixtures are aesthetically appealing as well.

 

Finally, it’s very important when choosing your stylish new outdoor lighting that you select fixtures constructed with weather resistant materials. This is especially important so as to ensure that your newly installed lighting can perform at optimal levels continuously, without interruption, regardless of the weather conditions. No matter the season, winter, spring, summer or fall, and no matter the weather outside, you want to ensure that your lighting can perform at peak levels and not have its performance hindered by the outdoor elements.

 

PUT YOUR TRUST IN OUR AWARD-WINNING TEAM OF PROFESSIONALS

 

Once you have researched and chosen the appropriate lighting fixtures for your outdoor living space, be sure to reach out to our team of professionals to provide the necessary installation of your outdoor lighting. Gervais Electric, Inc. stands ready to meet your every electrical and lighting need, and to ensure that the fixtures you have chosen are installed properly for optimal performance. Our team of highly skilled and experienced electricians and specialists will ensure that your choice of lighting is properly sized, aesthetically appealing, and that it meets with the individual needs of your outdoor living space.

 

For more information about various outdoor lighting fixtures, installation of fixtures, and the costs, be sure to reach out to one of our dedicated professionals today. We look forward to serving you and to providing you with the best all-around electrical services and products. Don’t delay. Contact our team today with all your questions and electrical needs!

Simple Solutions For Avoiding House Fires

Posted on by oleg

Nearly a hundred thousand house fires occur every year across our country which presents with countless injuries and property losses. As most of us are aware of, prevention is usually the best tactic when it comes to safety, and that certainly includes home fires. This is why we’re taking the time to offer insight on the various causes of many common fires and simple solutions for avoiding them.

 

EVERYDAY COMMON CAUSES OF HOUSE FIRES

 

  • Electrical fires – An electrical fire typically occurs as the result of a short circuit, overloading circuits, and the likes. When the total electrical current that is drawn from all points of electricity in your home exceeds the overall internal wiring capacity, a fire is apt to occur. Whether you have been living in your home for an extended period of time, or perhaps you have just purchased a home, not knowing the initial electricity capacity of the home can certainly lead to dangerous situations over time. A short circuit occurs when two live wires come in direct contact with one another, causing an extended flow of electricity to flow through the wires, ultimately causing a fire.

 

To avoid a fire under this scenario, avoid making changes or overloading the electric circuits in your home. In addition, you should have the internal wiring in your home checked routinely to avoid short circuits from happening and consider installing a main switchboard to systemically cut the flow of electricity.

 

  • Cooking oil – Cooking oil can easily splatter and catch fire and if not properly and quickly controlled can certainly result in a dangerous house fire.

 

To avoid cooking oil fires, never leave cooking oil unattended and never allow for anything that is combustible to be nearby to the cooking oil.

 

  • Cooking gas – Cooking gas is by far one of the most dangerous of house fires that can occur. Leaking gas is not only extremely combustible but even the smallest of sparks can cause a fire. Leaking gas can spread quickly over a large area in a very short period of time and can ignite a fire quickly with even the smallest of sparks.

 

To avoid a fire from cooking or leaking gas, be sure to have all the gas pipes, regulators, burners and the likes in your home inspected regularly to ensure there are no leaks. If ever you detect a smell of gas, be sure to not use any electrical switches, never light any type of a fire, evacuate the house and call 911.

 

  • Smoking – Family members tend to smoke in different areas of the home, but should get in the habit of smoking outside instead. When smoking indoors, it is important that you are not smoking around any materials that are combustible since this can prove to be dangerous and even fatal. Indoor smoking leads to thousands and thousands of home fires every year.

 

To avoid home fires that are a result of smoking, the solution is not only simple, but quite obvious as well; simply don’t smoke indoors. Whenever you do smoke, however, be sure that the cigarette and all ashes are completely stubbed out before you dispose of either.

 

SAFETY COMES FIRST

 

Gervais Electric, Inc. always puts our clients first. Our clients are our number one priority which is why we want to ensure that homeowners take every necessary step to ensure the overall safety of their homes and families for any number of house fires. Hundreds of thousands of lives and homes are lost every year as a result of fires which is why we wanted to share this insight with you. For all your electrical products and services always look to our friendly professionals. We stand ready to meet your every need and to provide you with only the highest quality products and services.