When it comes to home projects, many people take pride in their DIY mentality. But while repainting a room or staining a deck is within plenty of homeowners' capabilities, electrical wiring is not. Home electrical wiring is both complicated and potentially dangerous.

Here, Brian's Heating & Electrical of Mifflinburg, PA, offers a few important reasons why everyone should call an electrician for home electrical wiring work: 

• Costly Mistakes: Many DIY projects allow ample room for error. However, home electrical wiring is not one of them. Mismanage your home's electrical system, and you could experience poor connections, overloaded circuits, and blown fuses. Because you're dealing with electricity and electrical currents, the consequences could be dangerous, too; things like faulty grounding and arcing are major safety hazards. 
• Experience: Electricians usually have substantial training and certifications that took many on-the-job hours to obtain. Self-teaching, improvising, or learning through online tutorials cannot compensate for this type of experience. While some home projects provide a learning curve that allows intrepid homeowners the chance to exercise patience and use a little elbow grease to carry them out, electrical work is best left to the professionals. 
• No Easy Projects: What some homeowners don't realize is that most home electrical wiring projects are fairly advanced. Adding an outlet to your home, for example, requires extensive rewiring and drilling. Other jobs—like upgrading your circuit breaker or adding USB ports to existing outlets—are even more complex and labor-intensive. 

Brian's Heating & Electrical has been providing homeowners in the Union, Northumberland, and Snyder counties with trusted heating and electrical services for nearly 30 years. With a customer-oriented approach, each of the team's electricians works to understand the unique challenges and opportunities presented by each home electrical wiring project. Visit Brian's Heating & Electrical's website to learn more about the team's residential services, or give them a call at (570) 966-7295.