Contractor, consultant, master electrician, master plumber, home inspector, author, speaker, photographer, master scuba diver, third degree black belt in karate...

A third generation tradesperson, Rex started working in the trades as soon as he was able to hold a wrench and is the owner/operator of Little Mountain Electric and Plumbing. He has written several books on the art of working within the trades.

To disseminate trade information, Rex gives electrical and plumbing seminars nationwide for inspection organizations such a CREIA, ASHI, and Pillar to Post, writes/edits/photographs for many national books, magazines, and major corporations. These include Siemens Corporation, Consumer's Digest, Wiley Graphic Standards, Time Life, Readers Digest, Electrical Contractor, Fine Homebuilding, Lowes, Tools of the Trade, Handy, The ASHI Reporter, cornerhardware.com, Journal of Light Construction, among others.


Rex has a degree in Electronic Engineering from DeVry Institute of Technology (now DeVry University) in Chicago, is a consultant and Q & A reference for various corporations, book and magazine publishers, and educational CD-ROM suppliers. He has been featured in one electrical how-to video and is an expert witness. He currently has around 200,000 book copies in print and has written hundreds of articles.


His books Remodel Plumbing, Inspecting A House, Wiring A House, and Safe Home Wiring Projects are sold at all bookstores nationwide. His new book, "Plumbing" (by Taunton Press) will be out in a few months. With his down-home style of speaking and writing, he is one of the most popular how-to authors and speakers in the United States.