Fight Chaos - the Fix-It Blog

In the last two houses I've purchased, there has been two separate smoke detection systems - the bare minimum 120V wired smoke detectors...

I've been upgrading the ballasts in my home's flourescent fixtures, for greater efficiency and better environmental performance. I...

Our house has four exterior doors, all with standard deadbolt locks. I haven't seen the need yet for automatic keypad locks, so we still...

As part of my current Insteon project, I've been working on a few simple programs and sensor upgrades to automate some of my routine pro...

Recently I started automating the lights in the closets in our house, starting with those the most used on the main level. I quickly discove...

Quite often I have an armload of stuff when I'm going downstairs to the utility room in my basement - tools, material, whatever. I recen...

Here is what I would set out as a specification for your electrician: 1. Put in the deepest wall switch boxes that are readily available for...

This has become one of my favourite tools. It is super handy for cleanup after odd jobs around the house. Installing electrical switches, sm...

The pantry in our new house has bifold doors. When I renovated the pantry and added cabinet modules and drawers, I also added LED strip ligh...