Recessed cans, pendants, dimmers, and daylight-clean ceilings — this is what our lighting work looks like.
Good lighting is the cheapest renovation there is — and the most botched. We plan the layout, cut clean, install IC-rated LED housings that meet California Title 24, and leave you with dimmers that actually dim. Licensed electricians, not a handyman with a hole saw.
Layout and spacing planned room by room, then airtight IC-rated LED cans or ultra-thin wafers — JA8 compliant, insulation-safe, no Swiss-cheese ceilings.
Old cans converted to sealed LED trims: brighter rooms, no bulb changes for a decade, and an end to buzzing transformers.
LED-matched dimmers that kill flicker, plus Lutron Caséta and smart-switch setups — 3-way and 4-way circuits sorted properly.
Hardwired LED strips for kitchens and workspaces — no plugs dangling below the counter, switched where you'd expect.
Statement fixtures hung right: rated boxes, proper bracing for heavy pieces, high-ceiling work with the right equipment.
Coach lights, low-voltage landscape systems, motion and dusk-to-dawn security lighting — weatherproofed and on timers.
Fixtures and dimmers included; drywall patch and paint excluded. Your exact number comes from a free site visit.
Buried junction boxes are illegal. Every splice stays accessible — we don't leave connections sealed in your ceiling to fail invisibly.
Insulation contact is a fire question. Non-IC housings buried in attic insulation cook themselves. We install IC-rated, airtight cans that are built for it.
Flicker is a compatibility problem. LED flicker almost always traces to a mismatched dimmer. We pair trims and dimmers that are tested together — and it's covered by our workmanship warranty.
For most Bay Area homes: six recessed LEDs in one room with a dimmer runs about $1,400–$2,400 installed; twelve lights across two rooms or an open plan runs $2,600–$4,400. Fixtures and dimmers included — drywall patch and paint excluded.
Yes — that's most of our lighting work. Modern wafer LEDs and fish-tape wiring mean small, precise cutouts rather than open trenches. Where access is tight we'll tell you exactly what patching to expect before we start.
Nine times out of ten it's an old incandescent-era dimmer driving LED trims it was never designed for. Swapping to a compatible LED dimmer is a quick visit — and the fix is permanent.
New circuits and significant alterations, yes — simple fixture swaps, no. Where a permit applies we pull it and meet the inspector; California Title 24 (JA8 high-efficacy) compliance is included in how we spec every job.
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