All New Electical!!

So we invited our electrician friend, Dave Goldsworthy, over to give us an assessment on our electrical situation. First thing he said was, "All of this has to go." Here is one of the reasons why. This wire connection is a huge fire hazard. Plus, the house was not grounded.

All of the old stuff went bye bye...

Here is Dad helping remove anything that was already in the house. It was like starting with a clean slate.


All of these white hanging wires are called "Romex" in the construction industry.

Fresh new romex going in everywhere.

They were able to run the wires along the ceiling since we were going to be drywalling them in.

This is where we will have two wall sconces on either side of our bed. Each one on its own switch so they can be turned off from the comfort of our bed. How luxurious...


If you look closely, you can see the old light switches hiding behind the bedroom doors. That is not very convenient. Those will be moving to the other side of the door thank goodness.


One of our favorite new features...recessed lighting in the living room. With our new ceiling, we were able to add these awesome lights. The really light the place up!

These babies will shine down on the brand new bar counter top. Nobody wants to eat in the dark right?


Here is the back of our master bedroom lighting detail. Top: Wall sconce, Middle: Switch, Bottom: four outlets for alarm clocks, electric blanket, etc. It is the same on the other side of the bed. The Ritz has nothing on this!

These are receptacles for our new hardwired smoke detectors.


It a good thing we opened up this wall...

We'd like to thank Dave and Kathy at the Elextrix Company in Montrose for making our house a state-of-the-art electical wonder.

Bring on the Drywall! Oh wait, we have to finish insulating first...