You can picture the house lit up. You cannot picture how it gets there. Placement first, wire second.
Where the light lands is the part you live with, and it is the difference between lighting that looks designed and lighting that looks drilled in. Chris decides placement at the house rather than over the phone, and you get the price before anything is cut. One of his reviews is a couple who knew they wanted lighting and did not know what they wanted, so they let him do what he would do in his own home. You do not have to arrive with a plan.
- Interior and exterior recessed lighting, inside the house and out
- Free estimate, price agreed before work starts
- Licensed and insured, NJ #19320
Four steps, and the first one is not wire.
He comes and looks at the house
No stranger with a clipboard, and no number guessed over the phone. The person who prices the job is the person who does it.
Placement gets settled on site
Against the house, at the height it will actually sit, thinking about the dark rather than the daylight. That is the decision the finished job is judged on.
You know the number before anything is cut
Estimates are free and the price is agreed first, so it does not grow once a ceiling is open.
Clean installation, with a licence behind it
New Jersey licence 19320, insured, and a finished job that looks planned rather than patched.
The same house at the top of this page, finished, after dark.
The daylight shot further up this page and the night shot here are one job in Williamstown, partway through with the ladder still up, and then finished. The quotes underneath are off his Google listing, in the words the people wrote.
- Lindsay Russo
- Stagg electric created a beautiful porch ambiance with our new exterior lighting. We couldn't be more pleased! Stagg electric is easy to work with, super professional, and had a speedy execution! Thank you so much!Google review, in their words.
- Lata Pimplaskar
- Chris did a great job on our outdoor lighting retaining wall. He was prompt and professional. Very congenial to deal with. We highly recommend Stagg Electric!Google review, in their words.
- Gabriel Soles
- My wife and I wanted to add some lighting in our dining room on the first floor but weren't sure exactly what we wanted, so we let Chris do what he would do in his own home and it turned out great! Will be referring him to everyone we know.Google review, in their words.
Commercial too: rows of LED strip lighting run end to end across a steel building ceiling.
Before the first hole is cut.
Real questions, taken off the forums and inspection sites where homeowners ask them, with a link to where each one was asked.
The recessed lights switch themselves off and then come back on later.
That is usually the fixture protecting itself. A listed recessed fixture has a thermal cut out that drops the light when the housing gets too hot and restores it once it cools, so a light that goes off and comes back is being cooked rather than failing. The two common causes are a bulb above the fixture's rated wattage and a housing that is not rated for insulation contact buried in attic insulation without its clearance.
The original thread on DIY ChatroomCan you add recessed lights to a ceiling that is already finished?
Yes, and most of the recessed work on a house that is already lived in is exactly that. What decides how the job runs is what is above the ceiling, how the existing circuit is loaded, and whether it is going on a dimmer, which is a question worth settling before anything is cut rather than after.
The original thread on DIY ChatroomDo I need an electrician for landscape lighting, or can I do the low voltage part myself?
The low voltage run past the transformer is often homeowner friendly and plenty of people do it. The part that is not is the line voltage side: the outdoor receptacle, the feed to the transformer, the switching and the timer. That is where the dividing line sits, and it is also where the difference shows in a job that still works in three winters.
The original thread on DIY ChatroomWe want lighting but we do not know what we want. Is that a problem?
No. One of his Google reviews is a couple who wanted lighting in their dining room, were not sure exactly what, and let him do what he would do in his own home. You can describe what you want the room or the front of the house to feel like and leave the fixture count to him.
His Google reviewsCan you wire an attic or gable fan while you are up there?
Yes, including the thermostat that runs it. One of his reviews is a customer whose gable fan he installed, and a fan plus its control is the same conversation as a light plus its switch: where it goes, what runs it, and what it is fed from.
His Google reviews