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You may recall I asked what type of lighting you have for your shed. Thanks everyone for your responses!
What-kind-of-lighting-do-you-have-in-your-shed-and-on-the-outside-of-your-shed?
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads...utside-of-your-shed.78395/page-2#post-1020766
In my case I had to paint the primed trim boards before installing the lighting. So with the warm temps we had last week, Bingo I got it done!
I was also glad I waited because I finally found some newly designed LED Warm White 2-wire rope light that can be custom cut to 3' 3" increments. I needed 10 feet for each side so 9'9" worked fine!
So here is the site I ordered the rope light. > http://mengmengusainc.com/
I do recommend calling so the proper shipping can be calculated.
The prices and the kind knowledgable technical help was superb! Best I could find on the web!
It does not come with mounting clips which I did not need anyway.
The clips I did have did not fit the custom channel I had built into the sides of the shed up to the peak!
The clip could be mounted in the channel but then would not spread apart to accept the rope light because it hit the sides! So that was my next problem! I took off to Home Depot and Lowes where I spent 30 mins each in every department that had some type of hardware fittings. Hardware Dept, Plumbing, Electrical and Lumber. Finally in the last place I went to in Lowe's lumber dept I came accross plywood clips to hold sheets of plywood together! I got a bag of 25 1/2" clips for approx $5.00. Then I brok off one ear and drilled a hole thru the other. By using zinc plated trust screws I could push the two ears around the rope light and up into the channel and screw in the 3rd ear to the side of the house! Not only did they fit perfect but the metal will last longer than the plastic mounting clips that come with rope light!
So in the front I added a piece of 3/4 quarter round trim to the bottom of the facia board to conceal the lights and the additional side rake trim boards hide the side rope lights going up to the peak!
This lights the area around the shed and does not look like a Christmas Tree!
So with a 3-way switch in the house and one in the shed the lights can be easily turned on or off!
See pics. This was a long drawn out process, but weather proof LED rope lite lasts for approx 20 years!
Click on Pics to enlarge and see slide show!!
You may recall I asked what type of lighting you have for your shed. Thanks everyone for your responses!
What-kind-of-lighting-do-you-have-in-your-shed-and-on-the-outside-of-your-shed?
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads...utside-of-your-shed.78395/page-2#post-1020766
In my case I had to paint the primed trim boards before installing the lighting. So with the warm temps we had last week, Bingo I got it done!
I was also glad I waited because I finally found some newly designed LED Warm White 2-wire rope light that can be custom cut to 3' 3" increments. I needed 10 feet for each side so 9'9" worked fine!
So here is the site I ordered the rope light. > http://mengmengusainc.com/
I do recommend calling so the proper shipping can be calculated.
The prices and the kind knowledgable technical help was superb! Best I could find on the web!
It does not come with mounting clips which I did not need anyway.
The clips I did have did not fit the custom channel I had built into the sides of the shed up to the peak!
The clip could be mounted in the channel but then would not spread apart to accept the rope light because it hit the sides! So that was my next problem! I took off to Home Depot and Lowes where I spent 30 mins each in every department that had some type of hardware fittings. Hardware Dept, Plumbing, Electrical and Lumber. Finally in the last place I went to in Lowe's lumber dept I came accross plywood clips to hold sheets of plywood together! I got a bag of 25 1/2" clips for approx $5.00. Then I brok off one ear and drilled a hole thru the other. By using zinc plated trust screws I could push the two ears around the rope light and up into the channel and screw in the 3rd ear to the side of the house! Not only did they fit perfect but the metal will last longer than the plastic mounting clips that come with rope light!
So in the front I added a piece of 3/4 quarter round trim to the bottom of the facia board to conceal the lights and the additional side rake trim boards hide the side rope lights going up to the peak!
This lights the area around the shed and does not look like a Christmas Tree!
So with a 3-way switch in the house and one in the shed the lights can be easily turned on or off!
See pics. This was a long drawn out process, but weather proof LED rope lite lasts for approx 20 years!
Click on Pics to enlarge and see slide show!!
