I paid a visit to my friend Jeremiah in January. We hadn’t seen each other in months. Jeremiah is a construction worker and works long hours throughout the summer, often seven days a week. In the winter, he usually has more time on his hands, but he’d recently bought a house – a fixer-upper, he said – outside of Germantown, Maryland, and he was busier than ever fixing it up.

The wooden steps wobbled as I made my way to the porch. Some of the planks on the porch were rotted and all needed painting. I pressed the doorbell several times, but there was no response, so I knocked and Jeremiah soon appeared at the door. I thought to myself: I bet Jeremiah could use an experienced electrician in Germantown to fix that doorbell.

“Does your doorbell work?” I asked.

“It’s on my list. Pretty far down, actually; number seventy-three, I believe. Come on in and I’ll give you the tour.” I noticed that he had to push his shoulder into the door and pull up on the knob to fit the door into place.

“This is the living room. It’s a little bare, but eventually I’ll sand and stain the floor. Isn’t that chandelier pretty? I wouldn’t walk under it, if I were you. It’s just hanging by wires. That’s number thirty-two on the list.” Again, the thought of him needing a licensed Germantown electrician came to my mind.

“I’m going to make this the laundry area,” he said, pointing out a small pantry area off the kitchen. “Have to run some wiring in there, though. Half the outlets in the kitchen don’t work. The ones that do are kind of spotty. Probably have to redo all of them.” Okay, I thought to myself, I’m going to tell him about Certified Electrical Technologies, a very knowledgeable electrician Germantown MD.

“And how high on the list is that?” I asked.

“Pretty high. Say, do you want some coffee? I’ve got a full pot ready to go.”

“Sure. Coffee sounds good.” He flipped a switch and the pot began wheezing..

“Okay, I saved the best for last,” he announced. We walked down the hall and stood at a door. “This is the home theatre room.” The door swung open to reveal a bare, narrow room. “Now, you have to use your imagination. Picture a 60’foot big screen TV, lots of components, including an awesome surround-sound system; I’m thinking a couple hundred watts. What do you think?”

“Dude, I hate to point out the obvious, but this room only has one outlet.”

“Yeah, I know. I may have to run some more extension cords.”

Suddenly, a smoke detector began chirping in the kitchen. You could smell smoke coming from the coffee pot outlet. Jeremiah disabled the smoke detector and unplugged the pot.

“Wow. The wire is hotter than the coffee!” he laughed.

“Alright, my friend, you asked me what I thought, and I’ll tell you. You need a good electrician. I know an electrical contractor right here in Germantown, Maryland: Certified Electrical Technologies. I don’t have their phone number with me right now, but you can do a search on your laptop for electrician Germantown MD, and they’ll be on the first page of Google.

“I know that you’re a Renaissance Man when it comes to plumbing, masonry, etc., but you want an expert when it comes to electrical work. Certified Electrical Technologies has been in business since 1979. They guarantee their work, and they’ll give you a free estimate. Like I say, they’re a licensed Germantown electrician, and they’re electrical contracting company is right here in Germantown, Maryland. What do you say?”

“I suppose you’re right. It would be a shame to put all that work into fixing up the place and then lose it all in a fire. I guess a man has to know his limitations.”

“Good man. If you can salvage any of that coffee, I’ll take some now. Then show me again how you’re going to set up that home theatre room after your new Germantown electrician helps you out with all those new outlets.” “One coffee coming up!” he beamed, as if a burden had been lifted. Sometimes a little help from a friend is all you need.

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