Recessed lighting
Cans laid out so the light lands where you use the room instead of in the middle of the floor. New ceilings or retrofit into a finished one.
Lighting
Lighting Installation & Upgrades
Most people put up with bad light for years before they call anybody. Dark corner of the shop, one sad fixture over a big kitchen, a switch on the wrong wall. It is usually a smaller job than you think. Tell us the room and we will quote it — and the price we quote is the price we bill, period.
What we do with lighting
Kitchens, shops, barns, yards and everything in between. Residential and commercial, all across the Palouse and North Central Idaho.
Undercabinet lighting
Light on the counter instead of on your own shadow. Wired in and switched properly — not a strip plugged into an outlet behind the toaster.
Fixture replacement & upgrades
Swapping out dated or failing fixtures, hanging what you picked out, and making sure the box behind it is rated to hold it.
Shop, barn & outbuilding lighting
High-bay and strip lighting over the work area, circuits run to the building, and switches where you actually walk in the door.
Yard & site lighting
Exterior lighting for driveways, entries, parking and equipment yards. Wired for weather and put where you need to see at night.
Switching, dimming & circuit changes
Dimmers, three-ways, splitting an overloaded circuit, or moving a switch that ended up behind a door. Small changes, big difference.
Lighting upgrades worth doing
No sales pitch here — just the ones people are actually glad they did.
- Better light where you actually work A ceiling fixture in the center of the room lights the room. It does not light the counter you chop on, the bench you build on, or the sink you stand over. Putting light over the work is usually the whole fix.
- LED draws less than what it replaces LED fixtures pull less power and last longer than the incandescent and fluorescent stuff they replace, and they come on instantly in a cold shop. We will not throw a fake payback number at you — but less draw and fewer ladder trips to change bulbs is real.
- Adding switching and dimming Being able to turn on half the lights, or knock them down at night, changes how a room feels more than any new fixture will. A three-way at both ends of a long room or a hallway is one of the cheapest upgrades there is.
- Fixing the dark corners in a shop Almost every shop has one bay you cannot see in. It is usually because the lighting was laid out for an empty building and then you filled it with benches and equipment. Adding a couple of fixtures and a switch beats squinting at a bad weld.
- Doing it while the walls are open If you are already remodeling or building, lighting is far cheaper before the drywall goes on. See new construction and remodel wiring if that is where you are — it is worth planning the lighting then instead of retrofitting later.
What people say
Jesse is fantastic! He responded to me immediately and was in contact with me throughout the scope of the job.
Lighting questions we get
Can you add recessed lighting to an existing ceiling?
Yes. Retrofit cans go into a finished ceiling without tearing the whole thing apart. How easy it is depends on what is above you — an attic overhead makes it straightforward, while a second floor or a vaulted ceiling means fishing wire and a little patchwork. Jesse will look at the ceiling, tell you honestly what it takes, and quote it before any holes get cut.
Do you handle shop and outbuilding lighting?
Yes. Shops, barns, garages and outbuildings are a regular part of the work. That covers running the circuits, hanging the fixtures, and putting the switches where you actually walk in — plus feeding a building that does not have power to it yet.
Can you add dimmers or move switches?
Yes. Adding a dimmer, splitting one switch into two, adding a three-way so you can kill the lights from either end of a room, or relocating a switch that ended up behind a door — all normal work. Bring us the list and we will quote the whole thing at once.
Jesse Turnlund is an Idaho licensed master electrician, born and raised here, working out of Tensed. If you are in town, see our page for a master electrician in Moscow. Call for availability — 208-987-0013.