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Bonded Electricians
When you are looking for an electrician or an electrical contractor, it is best to choose a bonded electrician, because that gives a certain amount of guarantee for the job. A bonded electrician is one who gives a guarantee that the job will be carried out in time and in a professional manner, and he has paid a bonding company to acquire this kind of guarantee. It is very similar to an insurance policy, because the job of the electrician is insured in order to promote satisfactory results. If the work of the bonded electrical contractors is not up to the mark, the bonding company compensates you. Three kinds of bonds are available: the bid bond, the performance bond and the payment bond.
The fees charged by the bonding companies are quite high, hence when you want a bonded electrician to take up your work, a part of the cost is also charged to you. So, a bonded electrician definitely costs more than a non-bonded one, because he adds his bonding charges in your estimate. But, on the other hand, you have the guarantee that the work of the electrical technicians will be of a high quality. It is also good for you to know the name of the agency which is bonding the electrician, so that you can keep it for future reference.
It is by all means possible that a professional electrician who is not bonded will carry out your electrical work just as well as the bonded electrician. So, why should you pay more for a bonded electrician? The choice is entirely yours, and if you would like to take the risk and save your money, it may be worth it. Some bonding companies have a referral service, and before your electrician starts work you can find out from his referral service whether he is really bonded to them. You can also check whether there have been any complaints against that particular bonding company and then make your decision accordingly.
The author of that article is a licensed Atlanta electrician