Heath Eastman installs landscape lights in a garden; Richard Trethewey explains how siphons work; Tom Silva organizes tools with pegboard; Mark McCullough helps a homeowner redo his walkway.
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How to Install Outdoor Landscape Lighting
Heath installed two different types of landscape light fixtures that are both manufactured by Illumicare (https://www.illumicaregroup.com/ ). The up lights used to highlight the shrubs and the brick archway are Jasper 12V Solid Red Brass LED Spot Lights [http://bit.ly/3ollwz7], and the path lights are Misty 12V Small Solid Red Brass LED Path Lights [http://bit.ly/3rXCuWC].
To coordinate the individual lights to turn on and off, Heath installed an Above Grade RXT Series Transformer [http://bit.ly/2LmiFYd], which is manufactured by Focus Industries (https://focusindustries.com/ ). The transformer comes with optional add-ons, such as the photo-cell sensor, the timer, and the built-in wifi component.
How Does a Siphon Work?
Richard demonstrated the principle of a siphon jet on a Glacier Bay toilet, though every toilet from every manufacturer operates using a similar siphon jet.
How to Install Pegboard
The pegboard Tom hung up was 2×4’ Heavy Duty Brown Pegboard Wall Organizer [http://bit.ly/35dCzvp], which is manufactured by Triton Products [http://www.tritonproducts.com/]. They can be secured to any stud using wall screws, which can be found at any home center.
The hooks Tom used to hang the tools came in a pegboard kit. The kit is 1/4” Zinc Plated Steel Pegboard Organizer Assortment Kit (43-piece) [http://thd.co/35hidS4], which is manufactured by Everbilt, which can be found at The Home Depot [https://www.homedepot.com/].
How to Redo a Brick Path
For the base, Mark recommends a layer of crushed stone and stone dust. These can be found at most landscape supply stores and nurseries. To compact everything, Mark used a plate compactor, which can be rented from most home centers.
The homeowner’s original bricks were McAvoy Pavers [http://bit.ly/2Xk3EsJ] [https://www.mcavoybrick.com/products/pavers], which can be found at brickyards. Mark reused as many of the homeowner’s bricks and mixed in the new ones along the walkway so they would blend in.
To keep the walkway together and help prevent weeds, Mark also installed No-Dig Landscape Edging, which is manufactured by Vigoro and available at most home centers.
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17 Comments
Instead of a photocell and a timer you can just use a GPS Timer.
On at sunset and off any time you want. Self programming & lifetime maintenance free.
I’m about 1,000 miles from you guys and I just learn something, of getting the water out of the toilet. Thanks never would have thought to take a bucket of water and put it in bold to take water out. I have a well and the water has stained it.
I also have a walk way like that with same problems weeks, can y’all come fix mine he made look so easy, and I know it’s not.
Richard "And I'll show ya how a toilet works" i think you showed us a dozen times already rich!
Good info. Im not a mason, but I work as a stone fabricator at a stone yard and have been bringing home scrap pieces of bluestone to build a front walkway. now I know what else I need.
Amazing video. Thank you for sharing.
Calling the ground on DC current common rather than negative or ground.
It's not common.
AC – Alternating Current, has a common wire because the current reverses direction causing both the positive and negative wires to alternate between being positive and negative.
DC – Direct Current does not have a common wire because it does not reverse direction. The current is continuous and both wires maintain their polarity permanently. The red is always positive and the black is always negative unless someone wired it wrong.
With alternating current, you can wire a device backwards and the device will still operate because the negative wire is common to the positive wire, but wiring the device or circuit backwards makes it a potential safety hazard.
With direct current, if you wire the device backwards, the device will not operate because current never reverses course and the ground is not common to the positive.
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Doesn't the timer need power to work? If so, at dusk the timer will stop.
Heat shrink, even with the adhesive, is not something that works well with multiple wires going into the connection. There are gaps that still allow water into the connection. Fortunately, the wire only supplies 12 volts AC, not DC. There may be some systems that do run on DC, such as LED lights, but these, too, are low voltage.
My outhouse hole has no siphon activity. So no, everybody does not use a siphon several times per day.
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I'm using solar.
I hope y'all make a video about underground drain for a flooding backyard, with catch basins and sump pumps
Just buy solar panel lights if u don't want to deal with wires
I notice that "stone dust" is used a lot in the East for laying pavers – but I've never heard of it out here in the West – I've only heard of using sand under the pavers. Am I just not 'in-the-know' or is it a regional thing?