Smart Devices
Tech to make life easier
There are many modern electrical devices that can make your home more comfortable for your family’s needs. Some of the most popular upgrades that Home Mechanics does are surge protection, outlet upgrades with USB, dimmer switches, and smart home connectivity. We also offer automatic lights that are fully functional throughout your home. If living in a modern home is important to you, our certified electricians can help.
There are many benefits to device upgrades including enhanced safety and lower utility bills. Some of the smart device options that we offer are:
Every customer can benefit from one of these smart home solutions. Reach out to Home Mechanics today to learn more.
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Home automation technology refers to the latest innovations that are built to enhance our daily life. Most of the time, they are installed onto your home appliances and furnishings. Establishment of home automation can turn your home smarter and more valuable. Since it allows full control of your household equipment, it can help cut down your energy consumption significantly. It also enables you to track your house using your smartphone devices when you are away for work or vacation.
Definitely! Several home automation systems can also improve the efficiency and value of existing or older houses. Sometimes, all it takes is a stable network connection plus a smartphone to enable access and control to your home automation. If you are worried about all the headaches in rewiring and retrofitting, we can assist in installing wireless home automation that operates through batteries.
It depends on the household items you want to automate, plus the scope of the installation services needed. Fitting of smart lights in your bedroom may only take a few hours, longer if you want them distributed across the house. Complete smart home installations, however, also take longer since it involves almost every system in your home. Most of them take more than a week to complete, especially if the service requires a Tasker to plan the whole thing.