Category: Contractors

I have stood at the top of a lot of manways over the years. Some led into fuel tanks, some into wastewater wet wells, a… Read more

I have spent most of my career specifying light for museums, hotel lobbies, retail flagships, and the occasional private residence where the client cared more… Read more

There is a particular kind of dark that only exists inside a sink base cabinet. Unlike a crawl space or a basement, this dark is… Read more

The first time I stopped a job over a work light, the crew thought I was overreacting. We were inside a tank farm during a… Read more

Two summers ago, I was on my belly under a 1960s ranch house with maybe 20 inches of clearance, chasing a condensate leak on a… Read more

Job site lighting requirements rarely get the attention they deserve, and I learned that by walking a lot of job sites at the wrong time… Read more

I’ve walked a lot of job sites after dark, from 6:00 AM crawlspaces to pitch-black attics in July. After close to two decades in residential… Read more

I’ve spent more than two decades with my knees in crawlspace mud and my shoulder wedged against a rafter. More than once, I’ve had a… Read more