The projects on our board right now tell you what the Valley is asking for: recessed lighting in kitchens and living rooms, wall-mounted TV outlets that hide every cord, whole-home fixture changeouts that finally retire the builder-grade brass, and statement chandeliers in two-story foyers, including the ones at heights most handymen will not touch.
Reno has hung fixtures at 26 feet; your foyer does not scare us.
One visit, a written quote honored for 30 days, and installs that leave clean walls, labeled switches, and rooms that finally look the way you pictured them.
Why Valley Homes Get Their Lighting From RSB
Lighting Work, In Customers’ Own Words
Public Google reviews from real RSB customers, quoted as written. And a project we are proud of ourselves: the lighting transformation at the Arizona Realtors Association building, proof that the same crew that handles your kitchen lighting can also handle commercial-scale work.
RSB vs. the alternatives, on lighting
Lighting Expertise: The Craft Behind a Finished Room
The craft that turns a box of fixtures into a finished room.
Layout starts with the room, not the fixture
Our method has not changed across decades of jobs: read the room’s format and configuration, then lay out to its dimensions. Furniture placement, sight lines, work surfaces, and ceiling structure all vote before a single hole is cut. It is why our recessed grids look inevitable instead of approximate, and why the fixture you loved in the showroom still looks right on your ceiling.
The three layers every good room carries
Ambient light to live by, task light to work by, accent light to make the room worth looking at. The standard Valley room has only the first, delivered by one sad center fixture. The upgrade is rarely about brightness alone; it is about distribution, and the three-layer conversation is where every whole-home changeout starts.
Why cheap dimmers buzz and eat bulbs
LED fixtures and dimmers communicate via a protocol, and mismatched pairs flicker, buzz, and strobe at low settings, shortening lamp life. We install Lutron and Leviton controls matched to the load they will actually dim, and when an existing dimmer is the villain behind a buzzing fixture, that diagnosis takes us minutes.
Color temperature, the two-minute version
Warm around 2700K for living spaces, neutral 3000K to 3500K for kitchens and baths, cooler only where work demands it. Mixing temperatures room to room reads as accidental; mixing them within a room reads as broken. We spec it once, house-wide, and the whole home suddenly agrees with itself.
What hangs above the fixture matters most
Every fixture we install lands on a box rated for its weight, with fan-rated boxes where a fan might ever swing, and proper blocking above statement pieces. The failure mode of a shortcut here is a chandelier on the floor, which is why it is the one detail we never negotiate.
High work is planned work
Above 20 feet, fixture work becomes a two-man, scaffolding job by our own rule, learned across years of foyer installs up to 26 feet. Weight, balance points, and safe rigging get planned before anyone climbs, and the finished fixture hangs plumb, centered, and torqued, which you would be surprised how often is not the case when we arrive to fix someone else’s.
Simple systems age best
Our standing advice, straight from the owner: keep it simple. Quality fixtures, quality dimmers, switches where your hand expects them. The exotic control gadgets that impress in demos are the first things we get called to troubleshoot, and we would rather your lighting still just works in ten years than impress for ten weeks.
Indoor Lighting Questions, Answered Straight
1.How much does a lighting project cost?
We do not publish prices; the honest range is too wide. Fixture count, attic access, dimming, smart controls, and drywall repair all move the number, and the free estimate puts it in writing, honored for 30 days.
2.Can I supply my own fixtures?
Absolutely, and many do. If it carries a proper UL listing, we will install it with full care; your hardware keeps its manufacturer’s warranty, and our labor carries the RSB one-year warranty.
3.How many recessed lights does my room need?
The honest answer comes from the room’s dimensions, ceiling height, and use, which is exactly how we lay them out. Our recessed lighting page covers the approach in depth, and the free visit answers it for your specific room.
4.Our foyer fixture is really high. Can you actually reach it?
Yes. We have installed and serviced fixtures to 26 feet, and anything over 20 feet automatically gets a two-man crew and scaffolding. Height changes the plan, not the answer.
5.Can you do the whole house at once?
Yes, and it is usually the best value in lighting: one coordinated schedule, one crew, every room finished to the same standard. Whole-home changeouts for houses and businesses are one of our favorite projects.
6.Why does my dimmer buzz or flicker?
Almost always a dimmer-fixture mismatch, occasionally a failing device. Matching a quality Lutron or Leviton control to the actual load fixes it for good, and the diagnosis takes minutes.
7.What about smart lighting?
Where a smart switch or dimmer genuinely helps, we install quality ones. Our honest bias is simplicity first: the clever system you never have to think about is the one that was designed with restraint.
8.Can you add a light where there is no wiring at all?
Yes, that is most of what we do: new switch legs, new boxes, and new circuits run to ceilings and walls that never had them. In finished rooms, it involves careful routing and sometimes a small, planned drywall opening, which we quote up front rather than discover out loud. The room you wish had a light can have one.
9.What color temperature should I pick?
Warm 2700K for living and bedrooms, 3000K to 3500K where you work, and one consistent answer per room. We spec it with you once, and the whole house stops arguing with itself.
10.Do you light businesses too?
Yes, under the same CR-11 commercial license, from office and retail interiors to full changeouts like the Arizona Realtors Association building. Ongoing commercial lighting maintenance has its own page and its own crew habits.
11.What is the warranty?
One year on labor and materials from completion, invoice as proof. Customer-supplied fixtures are covered for our labor, and the hardware by its manufacturer.
