Sunday, March 1, 2009

Outdoor lights

The last few day's I've been putting some thought into my electrical plan and more so focusing on outdoor lights. I decided I wanted to get a light down the side of garage between the garage and the fence, so I will get a batten light put out there and then I was thinking about lights out the front.
After much thinking, I am considering getting two battens put on the garage, one on each side on the one light switch and have them linked to a sensor and then the light under the front portico I will get put on it's own sensor. I will get the builders to put the battens in, but I'm not sure about if I will get them to do the sensor or not, I think it will come down to how much they will charge.

I'm also going to find out how much it will cost to get those IXL Tastic light, heater and fan units installed in the bathrooms.

7 comments:

  1. Hi Lisa

    My partner and I are about to start the process of building with Porter Davis and I found your blog over the weekend. Its great to see what others are finding out through the process.

    It all seems to be good but I get the feeling you really need to keep on top of them.

    Cheers
    Michael.

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  2. Congrats Michael!! Where abouts are you building and which plan?

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  3. Hi Lisa,
    if you are talking about outside the garage on the wall, they put in junction boxes so you can add your own lights later. We did this and are getting sensor lights after handover.
    You might like to conside getting a double fluro inside the garage instead of a batten fix for the ceiling. Just a suggestion.

    Cheers
    J

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  4. J - why get a junction box instead of 2 batten lights? Or is that all that PD will install?

    How much is the double fluro?

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  5. Hi Lisa. We're looking at the Regent 23 somewhere in Point Cook. We're going to see PD on the weekend to get the ball rolling.

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  6. Hey Michael - wow, we are building almost the same house! If you set up a blog, let me know the address, oh and if you haven't heard of it - http://forum.homeone.com.au is a wonderful forum full of LOTS of great information!

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  7. Hi Lisa,

    I think we might be talking at cross purposes. If you are looking at getting the lights on the garage wall, then they put junction boxes on usually rather than batten fixes from what I understand, perhaps because of weather (rain). Perhaps ask at your appointment what/why/which is better.

    As far as the double fluro goes, I can't find the breakdown ATM. I don't think it was much
    Cheers
    J

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