Electrical Home Safety Assessments

Electricity runs throughout your house, behind the scenes, so to speak, inside of your walls. According to the National Fire Protection Association, the largest cause of residential and commercial fires are caused by electrical problems. With our Electrical Home Safety Assessment, these fire risks can be avoid, saving property damage and lives.

Our Assessment provide a complete inspections of your home’s or business’s electrical infrastructure. We will ensure all wires, components, and systems meet the National Electric Code. The output of our assessment will be a complete report detailing items requiring immediate attention and recommendation for improvement and/or upgrades.

We recommend an Electrical Home Safety Assessment for the following situations:

• When purchasing a new residence or real estate investment property
• When your home is 35 years or older
• When changing power requirements, such as adding new kitchen appliances, a hot tub, etc.
• Anytime the home has had a major renovation or re-model
• The safety features of our Assessment include:
• Informing you of the electrical safety of a new property purchase
• Complying with insurance requirements
• Helping you lessen heating and cooling costs
• Identifying problematic (overloaded) fuses and breakers that could lead to risk of fire, property damage, and injury
• Identifying systems, components, and wiring that have become degraded
• Identifying common electrical labor mistakes make by homeowners and electricians in the past
• ​​Overall ensuring the safe operation of your home’s entire electrical system

Our Home Safety Assessment includes:

• Inspection and testing of all smoke alarms, as well as placement assessments for entire house coverage
• Inspection and testing of all carbon monoxide detectors
• Verification of proper use of correct light bulbs wattage
• Inspection of wall outlets and switches, in terms of function and condition – to include special emphasis on GFCI outlets
• Identification of any shock hazards
• Inspection and assessment of surge protectors
• Inspection of all exterior electrical systems, with emphasis on weather-proofing protection and shock prevention
• Assessment of all grounding systems
• A detail home report with all our findings and recommendations.

We are happy to offer these inspection services are part of every service at very little additional cost. Preventing electrical hazards and protecting life and property are important to you and Dayton Electric.
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