March 4, 2020Comments Off on 10 Reasons To Call a Victoria BC Electrician Posted in: Home Improvement
When it comes to the electrical system in your
home, take no chances, unless you are a licensed electrician yourself. Yes,
turning off switches and breakers can be done by anyone. If you’re a handyman,
it may even be safe to check connections with a tester. But for any situation
where you are unsure, here follow 10 reasons to call a Victoria BC
electrician:
A breaker trips frequently – this
is a sign that a circuit is frequently overloaded, causing the safety mechanism
that is the circuit breaker to trip. This can be caused by old wiring, a
developing fault, or too many appliances or devices being plugged into that
circuit.
Flickering lights – if your hair
dryer causes bulbs to flicker, or a fridge or dryer cause the lights to dim,
then you have a marginal circuit. Appliances, specially motor-driven ones, draw
a lot of power on startup,
July 4, 2019Comments Off on How to test for asbestos in Nanaimo BC Posted in: Home Improvement
Let’s set one thing straight first of all. Just
because a house may contain asbestos doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t even enter
it. Asbestos is seriously toxic and carcinogenic – but only when it is in dust
form and breathed in through the lungs. This can happen through deterioration
(when asbestos containing building materials break down), when it is broken by
accident, or when a renovation or remodeling of an old house occurs and no
testing for asbestos has been done.
Many online sites tout kits and steps for testing
for asbestos yourself. Ask yourself this – if you are not a doctor, would you
conduct an appendectomy on yourself or a loved one? Same for asbestos testing.
If you are not trained and certified to be an asbestos tester, leave it to the
professional. For almost a hundred years, asbestos was used by the building
industry before people became …
