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Free Estimates! 603-860-0324Basement Finishes: Electrical Ideas, Future Needs Planning & TipsFinishing your basement not only increases your home’s value but also maximizes the enjoyment of all the floor space available. Let K&G Electrical Services provide you with a complete custom wiring solution meeting your exact basement finish requirements and if you’re not sure consult with us, we will put you on the right track. K&G Electrical Services will wire your new living space meeting National Electrical Code requirements ensuring your home is certified for resale at the new living space square footage amount acquired. Customized lighting, ceiling fans, bars, bathrooms, bedrooms, home offices, home theaters, kitchens, laundry rooms with tel.-data and TV cabling will surely optimize the full use and unity of your home's lower level. Quite frankly, after you set your eyes upon the incredible transformation made possible through and by our endeavors you will never refer to it as "the basement" anymore. Call today for a free in home estimate - (603) 860-0324. You may also email K&G Electrical Services attaching your floor plan or fax your floor plan to (603) 497-3318 and we can provide you a fast quote usually within 24 hours for the electrical rough in and electrical finishes depicted on your basement electrical design. Helpful considerations when planning your electrical basement layout:Bathrooms: If your vanity light is not illuminating the bath/shower area effectively a special covered recessed light can be installed directly above the bathing area. You may desire to have a combination light-fan installed or just a fan unit. Removing moisture from the bathroom prolongs the life expectancy of your paint and drywall finishes as eventually all finishes will give way to continued extreme humidity. Choose a fan that moves air at a sufficient rate to protect your finishes indefinitely. Bedrooms: The National Electrical Code requires at least one electrical outlet in all bedrooms be controlled by a wall switch. This requirement was established so that a table lamp etc. could be plugged into it illuminating the bedroom upon entry. From there, you could have the switch turn on a light fixture located in the ceiling or a combination ceiling fan/light. Recessed lighting is also an option. Bedrooms are also required to contain a ceiling mounted hard-wired fire/smoke detector. If you’re considering connecting a bathroom to a bedroom, be sure to acquire a quiet bathroom ventilation fan of good quality, to avoid being awakened in the middle of the night by a bathroom ventilation fan producing high noise levels. Most home improvement stores have their ventilation fans on display with test buttons to activate the motors comparing noise levels. Future Use Electrical Wiring: has got to be the most underestimated if not entirely overlooked electrical application performed after the fact and unfortunately is more costly to install after the framing member are filled with insulation blankets and after the drywall applications and subsequent painting have taken place. Because of this it is important that you take the time necessary to recognize and identify all of your electrical power necessities for now and future while full and or open access is available. Power installation and requirements for future electrical applications like central air conditioning or for that hot tub or Jacuzzi should be quantified and completed while access to perform these applications is available. K&G Electrical Services can run all your future power wiring so when you decide the time is right to add that future item to your home it is there when you need it. Providing the power necessary inside the walls during the electrical rough in is the most proficient way to address future electrical applications. Home Offices: When designing a new home office, your power and tel.-data considerations should be generous to redundancy, providing multiple computer, power and telephone connection locations. TV cable or satellite TV connection outlets along with computer, power and telephone receptacles are recommended on the least of two walls providing power for fax machine use etc. and for additional or future configurations of your office layout. Your lighting considerations should also be many and located efficiently within the work area(s) as ample lighting increases productivity. Be knowledgeable of the office equipment you will be utilizing as a prevalent mistake is not providing enough power or power locations to accommodate the office equipment proficiently. If you have concerns regarding the reliability of the power supply to your computer K&G Electrical Services can induce the installation of a dedicated circuit during the electrical rough in of your basement providing your computer system with what we call in the industry "clean power" circuitry such that no other devices, equipment or lights will draw from the power provided by the dedicated line stabilizing the electricity delivery to your computer system. Home Theater: Thinking about adding a home theater to your home’s repertoire K&G Electrical Services can professionally wire you home theater system providing you TV and or satellite TV cabling, along with home theater device and in-wall speaker wiring all centralized around the main distribution point closest to your system’s components, speakers and television location. Providing you with a clean, fresh, customized feel and finish you, your family and friends will be proud of and enjoy for years to come. You can also attain a smooth and muddle free room by inserting all your audio and visual devices inside a closet space having only the TV and speakers visible in the room. Call K&G Electrical Services at 603-860-0324 to learn more. Recessed Lighting: can be attractive when combined with dimmers giving any room a warm feeling. Recessed lighting can also be used as wall wash lighting, washing a specific wall or wall area with light i.e. above basement wet bars, kitchenettes or objects like sculptures and paintings. Home theaters are also big contenders for recessed lights with dimmer switches. The disadvantages of recessed lighting are the limited area they illuminate and the large amounts of electricity consumed when used to light entire rooms because you must place these fixture types close together to achieve desired results. Where it may take one or two normal ceiling fixtures to accomplish the desired illumination you’re looking for, it may take three to four times the number of recessed lights to achieve the same. Unfortunately in some basements due to their restrictive ceilings heights recessed lighting may become your only real solution and or option to lighting the room or rooms and having them still qualify as new living space when you resell your home as there are minimum ceiling height requirements that need to be maintained for any room to be considered living space and actually cannot be advertised as such or considered living space when you resell your home if the minimum ceiling heights are not met. For hallways and corridors with low or restricted ceiling heights, consider using wall sconces for lighting to reduce energy consumption while maintaining minimum ceiling height requirements as these areas normally do not need to be illuminated all the time. One wall sconce can throw light out, up to the ceiling and down to the floor. Sconces add a custom touch while offering a huge efficient alternative to the necessity of several recessed lights. If your intentions are to utilize recessed lighting as entire room lighting. Design your layout such that each light is approximately six to eight feet apart and evenly spaced reducing the distance when using smaller 3-inch or 4-inch recessed lights. When lighting walls or objects, be sure your desired room layout addresses alternative room configurations as you may chose to move your furniture and other items around or accommodate for new later on. You may want to plan for an additional light(s) or future pre-positioned ceiling and or wall wiring with cover plate access in your alternate location(s) to avoid the need to call an electrician back. It is much more efficient and a whole lot less expensive for you to put all of your lighting considerations in even your alternative ones prior to the ceiling and wall installations than it is for you to retrofit additional lights after the final construction has been completed. TV, Telephone & Computer-Network Cabling: Be sure to incorporate all of these specific wiring applications in your design. A prominent misunderstanding shared by many home owners is the misconception that cable or satellite TV, telephone and Internet service companies need to be individually called in to supply and install all of the wiring and connections, this could not be more wrong. The fact is, electricians are completely qualified, trained and equipped ready to install all of your TV and tel.-data requirements. Call 603-860-0324 and have K&G Electrical Services help you with the installation. Other Electrical Basement Design Considerations: Call K&G Electrical Services at 603-860-0324 to discuss any particular isolated electrical needs you acquired and need help with or have questions about. Additions & RemodelsThe remodeling of a bathroom, a kitchen or the addition or extension of a new room not only adds value to you property but also provides enjoyment. K&G Electrical Services is standing by and ready to serve you turning your dreams into reality. Call today and let's discuss your desires 603-860-0324.
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