Lighting Videos

Richard Trethewey meets with Glen Ridge, NJ Mayor Stuart Patrick to learn about the borough's history and one of its most distinctive features—the gas lamps.

Home technology expert Ross Trethewey shares some home smart light products that are on the market today. He demonstrates uses with smart light switches, smart bulbs, and strip lights that react to sound.

Master electrician Heath Eastman helps a homeowner fix flickering lights controlled by a dimmer switch. Heath shows us the most common issues that homeowners can run into with their dimmer switches.

Master electrician Heath Eastman helps a homeowner with an askew light fixture, centering it over their dining room table.

Master electrician Heath Eastman enlightens host Kevin O’Connor on everything he needs to know about LED bulbs.

Ask This Old House Master Electrician Heath Eastman demonstrates a variety of ways to troubleshoot and repair flickering lights.

Ask This Old House master electrician, Heath Eastman, installs undermount, LED deck railing lights to level up the outdoor ambiance.

Read this guide and watch electrician Heath Eastman demonstrate how to install low-voltage landscape lighting for your yard.

In this DIY Smarts, This Old House Master Electrician Heath Eastman helps a homeowner safely install a variety of Christmas lights.

Retrofitting new smart lighting systems into old houses provides more user control, energy savings, and peace of mind. 

Ask This Old House home technology expert Ross Trethewey tests out some new smart lighting configurations.

Ask This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey travels to St. Louis to install a gas lantern on an original 1890s home in a historic neighborhood.

Up in Rupert, Vermont, homeowner Bill shows off handcrafted reproductions of period light fixtures

Ask This Old House master electrician Scott Caron shows how to simplify your basement lighting system with one switch.

Ask This Old House electrician Scott Caron installs a new switch and ceiling fixture for a homeowner

Need to brighten up a dark bedroom? Our guide walks you through adding new overhead lighting to enhance your room's atmosphere.

Watch as Ask This Old House master electrician Scott Caron replaces a track lighting setup with cable lighting in a new baby’s nursery.

Light lifts make dusting and changing bulbs for high-mounted fixtures safer and easier. Learn how to install one from a master electrician.

Ask This Old House master electrician Scott Caron helps a homeowner improve his living room with surface-mounted downlights.

Watch Ask This Old House master electrician Scott Caron install ultra-thin recessed LED lights on a garage to replace a broken floodlight.

Watch as electrician Scott Caron helps a homeowner upgrade her kitchen cabinets with new LED lights and electrical outlets.

Ask This Old House master electrician Scott Caron helps a homeowner install fiesta string lights to get the party started in Texas.

An overhead light fixture can transform a dark room. Follow along as expert Scott Caron helps a homeowner install a dining room chandelier.

Watch as Scott Caron, master electrician for Ask This Old House, installs an antique light fixture in a historic St. Paul, MN, home.

This Old House master electrician Scott Caron installs an outdoor wall sconce and recessed lights at an old church that's now a house.

Swap out your old post light for a new one and add an astronomical timer by following our guide and watching our video featuring Scott Caron.

Electrician Scott Caron shares new technologies and applications for how to use LED lighting all around your house.

Lighting expert Scott Caron shows a homeowner how to brighten up a dark closet and never have to flip on a light switch

Learn from master electrician Scott Caron how to bring a kerosene lantern into the 21st century with modern electrical components.

Task lighting can transform your kitchen from a gloomy space to one flooded with light. Find out how to install task lighting here.

Ask This Old House electrician Scott Caron demonstrates how to install recessed light fixtures in a finished ceiling.

Learn how to install a track lighting system on the ceiling of your kitchen, office, or living room, with master electrician Allen Gallant.