Almost Burned House Down - Twice!

We almost had two electrical fires in my daughter's bedroom this past year via the electrical outlets. It was supposed to have been fixed after the first time but then a different plug started shooting sparks. We shut down the circuit to her room so she's been without electrical plugs since this happened (she sure does miss her stereo). When the electrician was here today, he pulled the outlet out. We could see what had burned back in there. Scary!

We're going to have every outlet in the house pulled, the wiring checked and fixed as needed, and outlets replaced sometimes this week. It is something my husband and his dad could have done themselves but it probably wouldn't get done until later this year and it would take them days to do as opposed to several hours for a licensed electrician. I'd also feel better having the electrician take care of it. We are also having GFC outlets added to the bathrooms and kitchen. Our house doesn't have any of these and with the girls getting older, it's only a matter of time before the curling irons and blow dryers come out in the bathrooms. Better safe than sorry.

Electrical problems are nothing to mess around with. It's scary to think that we could've had a fire in the middle of the night in my daughter's bedroom. It almost happened twice!