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I’ll be honest, the first time someone told me that tariffs had added $10,900 to the cost of building a single home, I thought they were being dramatic. They were not. If you’ve priced out a job lately and felt like you were losing your mind, you’re not alone. Construction input prices rose at a 12.6% annualized rate in just the first two months...

Let's be honest — nobody gets into electrical work hoping to redo the same job twice. But mistakes on a job site are more than just frustrating; they're straight-up expensive. We're talking about failed inspections, angry project managers, rework that eats your weekend, and a reputation that takes years to rebuild. The good news? Most of these costly blunders are totally avoidable. Here are the top 7 electrical installation mistakes that...

If you've spent any time around construction or the electrical industry lately, you've probably noticed one word coming up again and again: electrification. And this isn't just another passing trend, but rather, it's a fundamental shift in how buildings are designed, built, and powered.  At its core, electrification in construction means replacing systems that traditionally run on fossil fuels—like gas heating, water heaters, and stoves—with electric alternatives. What used to be considered "alternative energy" is...

I have learned a lot about lighting over my last few years with Sunco but I want to be upfront about something before we get into this: I rent an apartment and have never really had a say in which kind of lighting I use… Until now. In February, I decided to swap out the basic recessed lights in my apartment for Sunco’s 6-inch...

Every spring I do the same thing. I spend an entire Saturday cleaning my house from top to bottom—I wipe down the baseboards, I reorganize the pantry, I wash clothes that I forgot I owned—and then I stand in the middle of my living room feeling pretty good about myself. And then I look up to see the recessed lights that have been the...

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but spring is technically here, (even if you still have a few inches of snow on the ground) and if you haven’t thought about your outdoor lighting situation yet, the bugs are about to think about it for you. Every year it’s the same story. You have a nice barbecue, flip on the porch light, and...