Electrical Home Work / Recessed Lighting Specific

[scheides]

Damn scheides, you never told us you were dating Joey Ramone's sister. :D



Hah! Anna looked like such a rock star that day I couldn't help but snap a pic of her! :D

[Enes]

Just make sure the someone is licensed, you must be either the home owner or licensed to do electrical work.



licensed guy will charge you $75/hr and he's going to take his sweet time.. beleive me i know. I made that mistake once. Key is going to be inspections, get a permit to do the work, electrical inspector comes out and approves it, say you did it and done...

[Goat Blower]

I've got a friend that I hired to wire a celiing fan, my lift and some 220 outlets at my shop. He's fast and relatively inexpensive. He told me he charges $65-$70/can light to builders and we paid $100/can when we built our house.

We have almost 50 can lights in and outside our house. Our entire outside front and rear lighting is cans in the soffits. You can't go wrong from an investment perspective with can lighting. Track lighting is easy to do and isn't bad, but can actually hurt house values depending on the price of the house.

[scheides]

I installed recessed lighting in my living room today. The whole ceiling has plaster/lathing, so cutting the holes took a while, but I have all of the cans in place now. Two rows of three remodel cans run down between joyces so wiring will be easy, maybe another hour or so tomorrow to finish it up. The biggest time-waster was hanging out with Steve Hill, the guy wouldn't let me leave! ;)

Costs:
6x remodel cans @ 9.99 each
3x 2-pack of light bulbs @ $4 each
6x light baffles @ 7 each (got the nice brushed nickel ones)
50' of wire $20
1x hole cutting saw (b/c of the plaster/lathing) $40 (ouch!!)
1x dimming switch $10
Total cost about $185

http://www.scheides.com/albums/house-work/IMG_0624.sized.jpg

more pics: http://www.scheides.com/gallery/house-work?page=6

[92EvilTalon]

I looked that them photos...how is that hole saw blade? Does it work great or is it crap just wondering... Looks very nice.

Like I said in the other thread. I was thinking of taking some crown molding and dress up the living room with that. But recess it about a inch or two down for some led or rope lighting to lay in it. Or should I do the can lighting or even track lighting for the room. I want to keep the ceiling fan where its at. So I have to put a whole new system in. Thanks for the ideas scheides on the can lighting.

[Goat Blower]

Slim Scheidy, you need a bigger TV for that stand. I've got just what you need.

[scheides]

Yea, that's my 'little' TV. The big one is in the bedroom. I live in Minneapolis, and don't need to give anyone an excuse to find their way into my house. ;)