Juan has been a home inspector for 10 years and runs a successful home inspection company in Richmond, VA. He loves inspecting homes, but his real passion is educating home owners and newer inspectors ...

Nick is a writer with nearly a decade of experience in the home improvement industry. Now one of Forbes Home’s in-house writers, he previously wrote for Forbes Home as a freelance writer. He has ...

The Takeaway: These new style recessed LEDs from Torchstar are so thin they’re barely recessed, mount flush to the ceiling, and allow you to put light right where you want it. And, if you’re finishing ...

REVIEW – When our house was built a little over two years ago, we thought we had all the light fixtures exactly as we wanted. We paid extra to the builder to ensure we had recessed lighting instead of ...

The most expensive part of recessed lighting is rarely the fixture in your hand, it is the ceiling you have to fix when something was installed the wrong way. A single sloppy detail in how you cut, ...

Dear Jamie: For task lighting over a computer work area, recessed LED lighting is an excellent choice. Having the light focused down from overhead is ideal for a computer station in a multiuse area, ...

Dear Jim: I like recessed lights, but I hear they are leaky and inefficient. Are there new types which are more efficient? How do I install one properly in an insulated ceiling? – Drew H. Dear Drew: ...

We’ve used recessed lighting fixtures in many houses because they’re installed flush with the ceiling and provide illumination in an understated way. The fixture is a popular choice of designers ...

These Commercial Electric LED Recessed Lights are a great balance of features and price. We love the easy-on night light feature (activated by a quick on/off flip of the wall switch) and the ability ...

IRVING, TX - The Plastics Pipe Institute, Inc. (PPI), has published a new, free guide related to the installation of plastic pressure pipe materials in the vicinity of recessed lighting fixtures, also ...

It's a common quandary, especially in older homes: One or more rooms lacks ample artificial light because of an absence of overhead fixtures. Making matters worse, that same room may be short on ...