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Home improvement - where to start?
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Im surprised when threads don’t go off the rails here. Especially when it comes to allocations of participation in homosexualness either real or implied. That’s one of the erBB’s favorite pastimes
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Anyone do the garden/landscaping light research and got some recs?
LEDs seem to have really blown up the space and everyone is repackaging generic made in China junk.
Looking to add to my existing system which has plenty of capacity in the transformer (dual 300w supply).
Anyone got recs for which brands or if they’re all the same rebranded made in China stuff like most other LED options?
Home Depot is really pushing Hampton Bay…
LEDs seem to have really blown up the space and everyone is repackaging generic made in China junk.
Looking to add to my existing system which has plenty of capacity in the transformer (dual 300w supply).
Anyone got recs for which brands or if they’re all the same rebranded made in China stuff like most other LED options?
Home Depot is really pushing Hampton Bay…
100%. No more wiring for the win. Don’t buy the cheapos.
I’m already wired up - seemed retrofitting to LED as the halogens fail is the simple path forward as opposed to replacing with solar and trying to get the little panel enough sun.
i considered a few spots where solar could be convenient, but then quickly discovered the routing of my wires covers the area and the wattage of my transformer is sufficient to add lights especially if I swap 1 or 2 of the big ones to LED.
is solar really better? The panels look so 00’s made in China ick. I see lots of them not working in my neighbors yards.
Wired is so much better in the long run. Solar landscaping lights suck. They fail after a couple of years and the PV cells look trashy on all but the canopy lights.
Switch out your halogens for LED as needed or all at once if you have the budget. I think the brand we went with was Volt. I will check this evening.
Switch out your halogens for LED as needed or all at once if you have the budget. I think the brand we went with was Volt. I will check this evening.
As a small follow up to the "sanitary line repair" I did, we ended up using some of the compost from the backyard when putting in all the plants we had taken out.
Now have about 15 volunteer tomato plants growing next to the replanted succulents and lantana.
Plan is to transplant them and give them away.
Oh, one more cost to add in: $71.26 to legally dispose the broken up driveway concrete. "Construction waste" is not allowed for my 1 or 2 free 'home big trash' haul aways and is charged a pretty penny at the local transfer station.
I'd add it all up, but am too lazy.
Now have about 15 volunteer tomato plants growing next to the replanted succulents and lantana.
Plan is to transplant them and give them away.
Oh, one more cost to add in: $71.26 to legally dispose the broken up driveway concrete. "Construction waste" is not allowed for my 1 or 2 free 'home big trash' haul aways and is charged a pretty penny at the local transfer station.
I'd add it all up, but am too lazy.
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6 weeks in on my remodel now and about 1 more to go.
This turned out to be a way bigger project than I ever imagined.
Going to be all brand new when finished though so worth it in the long run.
This turned out to be a way bigger project than I ever imagined.
Going to be all brand new when finished though so worth it in the long run.
That’s a shame. I thought they’d improved.
This type of wired light gives it plenty, you can surely find something better and less expensive up there.
Placement is key…
Pictures or it’s not happening.6 weeks in on my remodel now and about 1 more to go.
This turned out to be a way bigger project than I ever imagined.
Going to be all brand new when finished though so worth it in the long run.
% over budget?6 weeks in on my remodel now and about 1 more to go.
This turned out to be a way bigger project than I ever imagined.
Going to be all brand new when finished though so worth it in the long run.
The place is still riddled with tools and construction materials but once it's cleared out you can count on it.Pictures or it’s not happening.
Well, it's not over yet but I'm going to say approx. 50% once I buy all new furniture.
The place I'm remodeling is a townhouse I bought 20 years ago but have never lived in it.
The place I'm vacating is a house that I have rented for 33 years and now they are selling it.
They never raised my rent in 33 years.
It's been a good run! I'm going to miss it.
The place I'm vacating is a house that I have rented for 33 years and now they are selling it.
They never raised my rent in 33 years.
It's been a good run! I'm going to miss it.
Put the kiddo to work cleaning the zero turn while I sharpened the blades and power washed the mower deck, lubed, reinstalled. Done 'til the fall. Garage is a mess with the changeover in travel trailers. Who am I kidding, my garage is always mid-project for something.
We opted to pay the pros to install a new deer fence around the garden area. After having a double hernia surgery last fall, I didn't feel like repeating the procedure any time soon. This pic is mid project, posts being set. Thank Gawd we outsourced that. It took two pros two full days of work, would have taken me a month!
We opted to pay the pros to install a new deer fence around the garden area. After having a double hernia surgery last fall, I didn't feel like repeating the procedure any time soon. This pic is mid project, posts being set. Thank Gawd we outsourced that. It took two pros two full days of work, would have taken me a month!
Thanks! They have interesting form factor options and their website info is decently useful when picking which pieces for where.
Planning to buy a $40 Hampton Bay piece from Home Depot to test the waters. I have so many lights that will eventually replace that I can grab a couple different brands and see which seem to be the best quality.
I really like a well done lighting scheme but I am no visionary with how to get there.