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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I do a lot of home improvement projects myself, but the one thing I won't touch is the electrical system. It's just too dangerous if you make the wrong move, especially in an older home which is almost invariably not up to code.[/quote]

Every person I've met says the same thing, and I honestly don't understand it. Take an adult education class taught by your local county and you'll look back and laugh at what a fool you were for thinking this way. Just an fyi.. if an older home isn't upto code, an electrician isn't going to be able to magically bring anything upto code either probably without rewiring your whole house, so don't worry about something you can't fix.

I've done a lot of home improvement from tiling, complete guy and redo of bathrooms, framing, drywall, plumbing, etc. and the EASIEST thing to do is electrical. No lugging around lots of heavy materials, mixing mud/thinset/etc. making a mess. I won't mess with anything serious like adding a subpanel, but adding a circuit is generally pretty easy as long as you're aware of your local electrical code (which follows a lot of common sense).

For the previous poster, if you're adding some recessed cans often times you won't need to run a whole new circuit from the panel. In this instance where you need to install a new circuit, the hard part is actually just the fishing of the cables which you don't really need an electrician for.[/quote]

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