Older homes aren’t designed to handle the electrical load of all the appliances and electronics used today. However, you might not need to update your entire electrical wiring in a 50-year-old home.

We all have a few items on our electrical to-do lists. Whether you’re putting in a light fixture, adding a ceiling fan or cutting in a receptacle, you’re going to need electrical wire.

Green goo oozing from electrical sockets and flickering lights might not be a sign your house is haunted this Halloween - but rather a call is needed for an electrician, according to a campaign group.