This post covers the history, design, code, and construction processes related to baseboard outlets in single family homes. Baseboard outlets have been steadily increasing in popularity and have become a hallmark feature of many high end architects and builders. Discover how they work and why people install them, along with information on code and installation.
After the success of our post on Bocci Outlets, we decided to take a similar approach to another equally-interesting luxury outlet product: the Trufig Mounting System for Wiring Devices (AKA Trufig Outlets). We break down a Trufig Outlet Kit piece by piece to give readers and full picture of how these outlets work - all while providing in-depth information on installation and potential issues with the product.
This week, we're focusing in on another FLUSHTEK user typology: "the Maker." Part architect, contractor, carpenter, artist, and seamster; their baseline is an unbridled excitement to learn and an interest in an infinite variety of project types. Spurred by a local maker's purchase of the FLUSHTEK System Pack we got to tour the prestigious Liberty Labs Foundation in New York City.
In this post we're profiling the Bocci 22 System, breaking down the product's design, installation, and use. Using a Bocci Outlet sample kit, we break down the allure with several photos and lots of information on the product, building code, and cost.
We've received an updated set of progress photos from our FLUSHTEK user down in Northern Pennsylvania, and things are really starting to take shape! Check out this post to see more progress pics and watch the space come to life!
In this post, we're turning a critical eye to the three most common screwless-wallplate duplex outlets: Lutron, Leviton, and LeGrand. We'll break down the pros and cons of each and explain why the Lutron Claro is the best system to build your next project around.
Ever since our mid-January blog post, we've kept in close contact with the user renovating his family's old farmhouse in Northern Pennsylvania. The renovation is going great, so we thought we'd provide an update to the process and share more of the photos. Check them out below!
Flush Baseboard is quickly becoming one of the most popular treatments in residential construction and renovation - and with good reason! Rooms with flush baseboards have a feeling of uncluttered calm, and an air of simplified elegance. Creating atmospheres like that is part of our FLUSHTEK ethos, which is why our blog post this week is dedicated to the flush baseboard detail. Read on below!
This week's post focuses on two in-progress installations that our team found especially interesting and exciting. As a template system, FLUSHTEK is radically flexible: see what we mean below! Read below to see how this user used FLUSHTEK to create a seamless installation!
Our new design makes baseboard outlets fast and easy; yet the process to get there was anything but. This is the promise of good product design: that the hours spent designing, modeling, testing, and prototyping are an investment in the eventual time saved by each of the product's users.
Outlets in baseboards, outlets in cabinets, outlets in furniture, outlets in brickwork, outlets anywhere except 12"-15" above the floor in drywall! Welcome to the FLUSHTEK blog, where the team team will post tips, inspiration and discussion about the movement to HIDE YOUR OUTLETS!
