We live in an old (1791) house. Sometimes things gradually go wrong, and it takes us a while to realize we have been living with something for a long time that really ought to be fixed. Then, six or seven months later, we actually get it fixed. Today was one of those days.
The light fixture in our downstairs bathroom had three bulbs. It was installed about three years ago, and almost immediately one bulb stopped working (it wasn’t the bulb, it was something in the fixture). Sometime in the last few months, another bulb stopped working. Around the first of the year, the last bulb started to give out, so we sprang into action. We figured, that in addition to dealing with the emergency situation, it might be a good time to get a number of other long deferred electrical problems fixed, like the light in the upstairs bathroom, which showed signs of emulating its downstairs cousin.
We have a friend, a good Democrat, who’s a contractor, and we called him to recommend someone to do the work. He brought a fellow to the house today, and wouldn’t you know, he’s got a blog. Doesn’t everybody? Unlike yours truly, he writes about something he knows something about: energy use in our daily lives. He just started posting toward the end of December. Check him out at Helios at Home.
By the way, he does good work. Our fixture with the pull cord is no more, we now have a functioning light and a wall switch. This may not sound like much to you folks with 20th century homes, but those inhabiting relics from the 18th century may understand.
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