Juan has been a home inspector for 10 years and runs a successful home inspection company in Richmond, VA. He loves inspecting homes, but his real passion is educating home owners and newer inspectors ...

In electrical work, installation requirements can be found in a variety of codes such as building, fire/life safety, or energy. Although trade specialists (such as electricians) may be experts in ...

Note: This article is based on the 2005 NEC. The sizing requirements for pull boxes, junction boxes, handhole enclosures, and conduit bodies exist to prevent conductor insulation damage. Those ...

When you think of drop ceilings, you probably think of office buildings, school classrooms, or shopping centers, but there are some situations where you might want a drop ceiling in your home and, ...

Q: I had some wiring work in my attic and where the wires come together the electrician left the covers off several of the boxes. I then had insulation added to the attic and they placed flexible ...

Hylec-APL has revamped its tool-less Debox SL junction box to make it easier to use. Now the 16A four-circuit UL/VDE-compliant terminal block inside has green twin-lever actuators that visually ...

Mountain View police are investigating the theft of copper wire from the light poles in the parking lot of Shoreline Amphitheatre over the weekend. On Monday morning, a groundskeeper called police ...