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Installing Rope Lights Behind Stained Glass in the Living Room Ceiling

Rope lights are installed in the ceiling of the living room. The ropes are cut to length, capped, and clipped into place. The lights are then covered with a stained glass Arts and Crafts style "skylight".
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Installing Rope Lights Behind Stained Glass in the Living Room Ceiling

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" that makes this statement. Looks really good. Standing now this of course has just been invaded Brian's shop and has been designed by our. Homeowner architect and it is based on greening green kind of arts and crafts the president looks really got high. I had occasion -- Bob how are you might mitigate gift. So you're putting lights behind the panel before we actually put this this this framework up here right."

" Now what kind of like I was like. And it's a real life he wrote last look less is that this stuff that you don't see the fear I'll from the movies and yes. Say it's basic design it's a solid vinyl to me isn't it yes. Now you've -- to cut this that would yeah we have a treatments or does this get married because it on the smart -- from street smarts he's. So this so you're going around the perimeter of each of our rectangles up there yes. So in how many feet is that we got about eight and a half feet OK. What does that mean in terms of watts how much it's five point thirteen watts per foot it equals about 140 watt light -- And then. Do you have to pop our numbers of low voltage wiring or whether it's one symbols it's one what to -- so straight reliable -- analysis -- doing here we have. You cut it and what is that two pronged here this is the connector. It plugs right into the wires. Where Kat stormed. You know one workforce here. -- special court yes. And then how do you hold it up yet we have. Plastic straps screw men in this case -- they're trying to basically putting these in. Up against the the ceiling. And pulls it in place. This is the last part of the job. You have put an end. That's what follows are controlled by walls which done here one -- it great nice job."

" Now this is. As I was saying -- inspired by arts and crafts deep tailspin some of the green green houses and it's really meant to. In quiet skylight up in the ceiling right as well let's. That detail here has that recorder to offset. To match the rest fine joinery is that I don't think it's structural but of course each one of these houses is erratic when he's opening the little door that will receive -- stained glass panel. And when it's all together would be quite -- They go up first. And he handed to me. And I -- we've got enough nailer -- think it's -- little. And frame up here -- we reframed the perimeter. With flat two by six. Collar around. Yet the entire box so you've got plenty of nailer."

" How are you coming along there -- creative violated -- this -- The ideal is that. They should look -- their permanent. However since there's electrical outlets and stuff behind them we need to have access to that area so we've he's he's going to bring it down. -- these as as if there were cabinet doors. And the panels will go right in here. And then in order to secure them. There's really no hardware that we could come up with that would look at it so we've just gotten the hardware store and bought some eight of an inch brass rod and cut two inch lengths. And yet the holes drilled you know on in that process -- This. -- apparently it. Should we put silicone in -- that the idea people places where so your wife you hold that accident -- welcomed them right here. And we'll just drop you and around the corner. This comes out life. Frankly there it dries clear. All right magic moment."

" And put the engine room beholden Clinton's. And ago. And turned the switch guns."

" It's a thing of beauty."

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