electrician talked me out of undercabinet lighting
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Undercabinet Lights - New Addition ( sorry, long-winded)
Comments (4)Hi I posted the following message in quotes below on a different post that addressed their 3 options being considered for kitchen lighting. I think it may be of some help to you. I had a young electrician that had never installed hard wired LED but was enthusiastic and willing to learn along with me. I was there during the wiring installation, asking questions. During the light installation after the cabinets were up I again was there watching and questioning. I had done some talking to company reps etc before this project was under way. This early work on my part really helped me. "... I have the # 3 option, DIOED LED Refract Light Bar on a dimmer the company offers and I love it! The name of their dimmer is Reign, & yes was expensive. I like the Refract Bar because it is over my sink and will be only modestly visible if I look up. I wanted the light to have a finished look and this one is nicely finished for my needs. I got the non-dimmable driver with my system. I am happy with my set up. I also have a separate dimmer for my under cabinet lights and used the Diode LED Cascade Light Bar for these locations, because they are water resistant and dimmable. I went with the warm light option on both styles."...See MoreUndercabinet Lighting: Inexpensive light bars vs inexpensive LED tape
Comments (50)Even thin lights may show when you are sitting and look into the kitchen. It seems most new kitchen installs are done with a light rail added to hide the lights behind. We did an update several years ago and kept our old cabinets which had no light rail or moulding below the boxes. DH is rather handy and we bought some oak (our cabinets are oak) corner moulding about 3/4 or an inch wide. I got stain matched up at a good paint store. Cloverdale I believe and they can make stain to match if you bring in a door from your cabinets. We installed that below the cabinets and I stained and varnished the. They gave a little update to the cabinet look and do a great job of hiding our UCL's. They look like they were always on the cabinets and match perfectly. He also installed our UCL and drilled small holes in the bottom of the cabinet, fished the wire thru them and then behind, thru the wall studs up to a soffit where we have access. Wired in an on and off and dimmer switch in our Zephyr fan hood since it has lots of room in the metal body. Virtually no wire showing and the light switch is with the fan light switch. DH is so innovative!...See MoreLighting plan - great electrician, not-so-great can light placement
Comments (8)I bought a ticket for our area's new construction Parade of Homes specifically to check out shadows, lighting, and can placement; I am halfway through the home tour. Several homes had cans in vaulted ceilings so not much help to me but two homes had different can placements in a flat ceiling; all used 6 inch cans not the 4 inch that I prefer. The kitchen with only 6 inch cans that looked to be centered over the edge of the counters had major shadows when I mimicked standing and working at the counter. This surprised me, but I think my body shadow was caused by the counter-edge-centered can behind me in the small u-shaped kitchen. That made me realize how carefully lighting has to be thought out. The other home had cans that looked like they were 36 inches from the wall with undercabinet lights...no shadows; but led dots were all "marching in line" on the counter. There was no diffuser on the tape lights....See MoreTalk me out of another car, please
Comments (45)maefleur01-- yes, "It is embarrassing to put your foot through the floor." I've kept a car so long My foot got wet when I drove in the rain! I actually once drove to my sister's house wearing a climbing helmet inside the car (didn't want to get a head injury if I was in an accident. My sister said the helmet wouldn't have helped, because apparently my head came pre-injured) I've also got into a car and had the front seat inch through what was left of the floor. Pretty dang embarrassing, especially the stares on the highway when I wore the helmet. Ahh, my twenties. When my judgement was green. I'd forgotten about that until I read your comment. So maybe I do deserve another car. I test finally drove a Buick Encore. They have an arm rest that is attached to the driver's seat like it is on an airplane. You can slide it ups but otherwise you can't adjust it at all and it is too high for me. I'd be driving around with one hunched shoulder. There is no arm rest for the passenger. I didn't like the Encore as much as I thought I would. Could be because the kid from the dealer rolled up one for me to try that "had just come in" and it was filthy. Dust and dirt everywhere, literally chunks of mud on the driver's floor mats. Yikes. Freaked me out thinking that all the cars on their lot were totally abused. I actually rejected it. And asked him to get another one to test drive. I knew more about the car than he did, so I directed him to some internet resources to help him sell 'em to other people. I was probably the weird test driver of the week. Ah well. I'm now thinking of a used Mazda CX-5. a 2017. They drive well, and are on the smaller side, although bigger than the Buick Encore. Who knows when they will start to come off lease? I know nothing about this. The local dealer sales people don't work on commission, so I don't mind buying there. And I drove one and mostly liked it. I should have spent more time adjusting the seats first. I need to go back and give it another go. I've got to say the Mazda CX-5 feels big compared to my 2005 Civic. They have a CX-3 model that is smaller, but perhaps too small. Looking around, the CX-5 also seems to mostly come with black interiors, which is kind of a yuck. The dealer has one available now with every bell and whistle for a decent price and milage, dealer certified, but it is black with black interior. Sadly, I am not Batman and choose not to drive around in the Bat Cave. We have 7 months of cloudy weather where I live. It's dark enough thank you! And the saga continues!...See Moreidrive65
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