The only thing I would recommend is putting the LED’s in an enclosed channel that has a frosted cover so when you’re standing at the bottom of the stairs the lights look seamless rather than individual dots
The fact that you said "what I would do different...." Honesty about a project you did for your home it's what people really need to hear. Not the, I did it perfect the first time "production." Thanks man, I learned something.
Mad respect to carpenters , I’m a mechanic and there is no way I could do anything like that watching you take a piece of wood and give it life is truly AMAZING . Keep up the great work .
I wish I had have checked to see if I had a wood shop, saws, or any materials for that matter before I ripped out my carpet. I've told the kids that the staples are there to keep them from slipping.
Looks brilliant. All I would say is that for anyone else thinking of doing this, get the aluminium channel and diffuser for the LED strips. It acts as a heat sink, extending the life of the LED’s, stops the strips from falling down over time and the diffuser spreads the light really nicely.
Just a tip for future projects or anyone trying this. You can buy diffuser rails for pretty cheap online that you put the lights in and has a plastic cover to make it so you can't see the individual LED's in the reflection of the flooring or when standing below them.
Nice carpentry work. As electricians what we do is we just use 16 or 18-4 wire because if one wire breaks, you can use another one in the cable. We also only pull it out from the right hand corner right under the bullnose of the steps. Once we hook up the LED strips we push the rest of the wire in through the little hole that it comes out of. The way you guys did it is probably a lot nicer. But it does take a lot of work.
My experience with those LED strips is that the clip-on power connectors on the end eventually corrode just a tiny bit, causing dimming and a little flickering (usually after about 18 months or so). Opening the clip and reconnecting generally fixes it, but the way you've glued everything down will probably make this difficult to address.
Just a tip, you can use frosted acrylic strips, over top of the lights to help diffuse the lights and limit led hotspots. Nice work on the stairs though, they look great!
I was wondering about this very thing. Looking up the steps allows you to see the individual leds of higher steps... with a diffuser, it won’t be quite so raw... right?
@@daddydaughteroff-gridadven9958 something like this www.amazon.com/gp/product/B072VZSQ3P basic aluminum channel which you could adjust the channel for. Also available in different angles so if you wanted lights down not out the channel would do that.
I used to do this type of stuff a lot at work building booths/exhibits for tradeshows. For anyone wanting to do this, just know the adhesive strip on the LEDs is not strong enough. We would paint the dado white to reflect light which would also help the adhesive stick better. But still need to use silicone or glue to hold them in.
Love this idea... as a guy who has done way too many treads and risers I would however suggest cuting a slight bevel on contact edges and using a tread jig for tight fitment.
I remolded our old house top to bottom. The stairs were the worst. Had to cut new stringers, treads, risers, skirts. Shaped my own maple noses to match floors. Copper handrail. The whole nine yards. I always wanted to put LEDs under the tread noses. I was even going to use dado. Great job.
@@dalondabaker2121 I absolutely agree with you! We flip houses as a family side business, laminate flooring has become my best friend. I highly recommend it, especially in place of nasty carpet. Tile is great also, just takes some skill and special equipment. Everyone breathes so much better in our primary residence since we ditched any signs of carpeting.
Carpet is very comfortable and keeps a house quiet. There are some very luxurious carpets out there that have a great texture. I have all wood floors in my house, which looks great and has a beautiful glow, but carpet is the most comfortable to me.
A really cool trick for dealing with the seems is to work your way bottom to top, riser then tred, etc. And on the bottom of the riser put a really small chamfer to create a reveal that is consistent. Looks super sharp, only downside is you cant paint the risers as easily as you did. When i did my house I prepainted outside and then caulked and touched up the nail holes.
I hope to do this one day. I would add a smart controller for a few things. 1. A noise sensors, for when my dog barks, it would make the lights turn red like star trek "red alert". I'd also want it connected to my door, for when the doorbell rings it flashes yellow, or when I get a phone call it would flash blue. Those sort of things.
Wow great work. Underrated channel. I’m so used to clicking on these and seeing people take the easy way out most of the time. But your attention to detail is there. Great job.
Im going to see about putting these under my kitchen cabinets. Right now I have 3 led plug in type strips. But, this would free up outlet space to use for other things! I leave the lights on 24/7 because I don't like a dark house. I don't see well at night and it is an old house, no lightswitch is conveniently located where they put them now days. Having cheap low heat lighting is great!
Really cool guys. That Ash being repurposed is a beautiful thing. The gap in the seams would be closed up by using a tread template or gauge. Im not an expert but building one to get the angles correct helped me on my staircase immeasurably. Great work.
Looks cool and love the safety. I am curious about the LED strips themselves. What is their life expectancy? Is it easy to change should a few lights burn out, etc.?
I used to watch ur pogo vids last year! Covid made me stop playing :/ but you were my favorite due to how informative and straight to the point you were!
This is gotta be the tackiest staircase build ever. He could have used white ceramic or anything! But he uses LEDS. That's like putting a big spoiler on a car...🤦♂️
Pretty cool project! Always something I wanted to do, however, I don't have access behind the stairs for the wiring, I've never figured out how to do the wiring from the side we see of the stairs without seeing the wires..
Looks fantastic, that is beautifully well done.......It's a sure bet, it's going on my things to do bucket list. Great video, no nonsense, to the point and 'voila' ! Thanks and please guys, be safe !
....till they burn out/malfunction. My neighbor did this exact project to his stairs about 5 or 6 years ago and two of the treads now have no lighting because their LED strips no longer function.
looks really great curious if the light sensor could work with app controlled leds to have the ability to have different colors or patterns for events or seasons
Really interesting way to do it, leaving the old treads on. Saves some time as long as it doesn’t make it too tall! I also like the plywood riser trick, never would have thought of that. You have yourself a new sub my friend!
I'm redoing stairs in my house and needed to add stair skirts before I did the treads and risers. It's like 9456 steps, so definitely not a weekend project!
@@nathan7627 I swear, every time I do something a new item lands on the list. Today's item is that my tread covers aren't quite deep enough so now I have to go and buy quarter round. Which will of course have to be measured, cut, placed, and painted. I feel like I'm never going to finish.
Using a quality polyurethane adhesive to attach your treads and risers will ensure a solid and quiet stairway free of pops and squeaks that result from using mechanical fasteners in wood with the season changes. We still shoot a few small brads in risers just too hold them still as adhesive sets up but the difference in the long run can be both heard and felt as you walk up them. You'll also cut way down on having holes to fill just be careful not to get adhesive on any wood that will be getting stained. Nice project though
Thanks, the connection to the wire is in the slot in the front. This is why we didn't add an adhesive to the back of the strips. It should be as easy as pulling the strip light out and soldering a new connection. The hardest part is going to be doing it upside down.
Nice one! I have been thinking about this project for sometime and now after watching your video I get real motivation! :) your LED staircase looks absolutely fab!
I've watched several of your videos and I'm hooked. You have a great personality (and your friend as well), and you come across as very knowledgeable and trustworthy... yet friendly and approachable. You explain things very concisely. GREAT JOB! Your video's are perfect!
This looks great, and simpler to install than I imagined. I would have tried to add a diffuser as well. I see many others have commented the same. That being said, it's still great!
One thing i would of done differently is to wire the LEDs in a way that you can replace them easily in the future if they go out. The way you did it, the stair has to get ripped out to access the wires. I think one of those white tubes for wires would of worked well running along the stairs
I love how everything is way easier to do in Usa than it is in Europe. This is almost imposible to to in my house due to the stairs beeing made out of concrete. You can't find a house in Europe with the insides made out of wood like in this house. But, the video is still very intresting and entertaining to watch, even though it has no use for me :)
Nice job. From my experience, it won’t be long before the sticky backing of the led strip gives and they fall down unless you secured with an alternative method.
Came for this comment. A diffuser would have made all the difference. When standing at the bottom looking up, seeing the individual chips is gonna ruin the project.
@@willimondo and the aluminum will help with heat dissipation, which should give the LEDs a longer life. LED's are not nearly as tough as most people think they are. Treat them with kindness :)
@@russpeaknuckel9525 it’s the frosted out cover on an aluminium profile. If positioned correctly, it will give the appearance of a solid bar of light, rather than being able to see all of the individual leds. To get the correct effect, the led must be, at a minimum, the same distance away from the diffuser as the gap between the leds. So if the leds are 10mm apart, the profile must be at least 10mm deep.
I get you hook up to a power source downstairs.. but how do you get a wire to every step? 🤔 I don’t get that part? Someone please explain. Other than that, love the work! Definitely gave me an idea for my steps.
Hey Man! Nice product. As far as the tread seems go caulk is a ok way, next time try a "Tread Guage" basic tool that makes a massive difference. It also accommodates for any out of square treads. Cheers. Nice work.
Do you like LED lights? Check this project out ua-cam.com/video/6jxjm7LDZ2M/v-deo.html
I saw the ky emblem, I'm from across the river Cincinnati, great areas to live
LEDs are cringe, fluorescent lights are based
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The only thing I would recommend is putting the LED’s in an enclosed channel that has a frosted cover so when you’re standing at the bottom of the stairs the lights look seamless rather than individual dots
Right! Also, inside of some aluminum beams to better transfer heat and increase the LEDs lifespan.
Yeah they’re called diffusers and are super important IMO
Nice
I was just about to comment the same thing. Aluminium channeling with frosted diffuser makes it look a lot better
@@zureao led lights don’t really produce much heat at all.. that’s kinda the whole point of them.. not a horrible idea tho
The fact that you said "what I would do different...." Honesty about a project you did for your home it's what people really need to hear. Not the, I did it perfect the first time "production." Thanks man, I learned something.
I agree.
Mad respect to carpenters , I’m a mechanic and there is no way I could do anything like that watching you take a piece of wood and give it life is truly AMAZING . Keep up the great work .
Wow, thank you
Feel like I have say that piece of wood had life already. But what he did with that piece of wood was amazing
No need to be sad for that, im sure you have your magics with mechanic stuff instead
I wish I had have checked to see if I had a wood shop, saws, or any materials for that matter before I ripped out my carpet. I've told the kids that the staples are there to keep them from slipping.
Lmao, I used to do that to I would search up how-to videos then do them along with the video.
😹😹
Lol
Hahahahahahahahahahahaha funny
Lol
Looks brilliant. All I would say is that for anyone else thinking of doing this, get the aluminium channel and diffuser for the LED strips. It acts as a heat sink, extending the life of the LED’s, stops the strips from falling down over time and the diffuser spreads the light really nicely.
Will that also help if you ever need to replace the LED strip? Sounds like it would.
I do these installs, Karl is spot on.
Just a tip for future projects or anyone trying this. You can buy diffuser rails for pretty cheap online that you put the lights in and has a plastic cover to make it so you can't see the individual LED's in the reflection of the flooring or when standing below them.
Great input!
Thank you!
I dont even have a second floor, but ima put stairs somewhere!! :D
😂
😂😂😂
Amen I am with you!!!!
hahaha!
Lol
Nice carpentry work. As electricians what we do is we just use 16 or 18-4 wire because if one wire breaks, you can use another one in the cable. We also only pull it out from the right hand corner right under the bullnose of the steps. Once we hook up the LED strips we push the rest of the wire in through the little hole that it comes out of. The way you guys did it is probably a lot nicer. But it does take a lot of work.
Love seeing the CNC at work in the background!
I was wondering if someone would catch that😀
I saw that and went OH HE HAS A SHOP SHOP and made me question if this was going to be truly DIY.
Excellent job. And thanks for going back and saying what you would do differently.
Very nice. Your resale value just went up big time!
Thanks!
My experience with those LED strips is that the clip-on power connectors on the end eventually corrode just a tiny bit, causing dimming and a little flickering (usually after about 18 months or so). Opening the clip and reconnecting generally fixes it, but the way you've glued everything down will probably make this difficult to address.
Sounds like I'll be using a little dielectric grease!
Just a tip, you can use frosted acrylic strips, over top of the lights to help diffuse the lights and limit led hotspots. Nice work on the stairs though, they look great!
shoulda gone for rgb too, instead of just white imo
@@JoseFloresECOf course Jose wants obnoxious lights on his stairs instead of something classy.
After watching this my only feedback that I am qualified to give is...Great Job! I love the look.
I would probably put the LEDs in a diffuser, that way you will have better light spread
I wonder how well the led "neon' would work?
I was wondering about this very thing. Looking up the steps allows you to see the individual leds of higher steps... with a diffuser, it won’t be quite so raw... right?
@@synapticbit correct, the best part is with a diffuser you can also switch out strips of leds easier without making it permanently attached.
What is a diffuser?
@@daddydaughteroff-gridadven9958 something like this www.amazon.com/gp/product/B072VZSQ3P basic aluminum channel which you could adjust the channel for. Also available in different angles so if you wanted lights down not out the channel would do that.
Andy Birds Builds.
Good Video Andy. An real Good to see the completion of the Stars.
Looking Great.
I used to do this type of stuff a lot at work building booths/exhibits for tradeshows. For anyone wanting to do this, just know the adhesive strip on the LEDs is not strong enough. We would paint the dado white to reflect light which would also help the adhesive stick better. But still need to use silicone or glue to hold them in.
Putting the tred in first will keep it in place as well. Looks cool
Thats what I was thinking. Thank you!
So thats what the stairway to heaven looks like !!
Nice 👍🏼
I’m glad you mentioned it treads first then risers on top so you can blind nail
I love watching stair carpet getting torn up ☺️
I agree, demo is so much fun!
Ripping out the old carpet is so satisfying!
Love this idea... as a guy who has done way too many treads and risers I would however suggest cuting a slight bevel on contact edges and using a tread jig for tight fitment.
Thanks Chris, that makes sense.👍
I remolded our old house top to bottom. The stairs were the worst. Had to cut new stringers, treads, risers, skirts. Shaped my own maple noses to match floors. Copper handrail. The whole nine yards. I always wanted to put LEDs under the tread noses. I was even going to use dado. Great job.
Looks great! I'm all about any project that tears out carpet, worst thing in the world to have in your home.
Mee too..carpet is played out and nasty
@@dalondabaker2121 I absolutely agree with you! We flip houses as a family side business, laminate flooring has become my best friend. I highly recommend it, especially in place of nasty carpet. Tile is great also, just takes some skill and special equipment. Everyone breathes so much better in our primary residence since we ditched any signs of carpeting.
Amen brother ! Fuck them carpet
Watch out for cheap laminate flooring it’ll kill you with fumes
Carpet is very comfortable and keeps a house quiet. There are some very luxurious carpets out there that have a great texture. I have all wood floors in my house, which looks great and has a beautiful glow, but carpet is the most comfortable to me.
I need complete workshop and for the workshop I must have huge extra space somewhere in the house. Amazing DIY technique.
A really cool trick for dealing with the seems is to work your way bottom to top, riser then tred, etc. And on the bottom of the riser put a really small chamfer to create a reveal that is consistent. Looks super sharp, only downside is you cant paint the risers as easily as you did. When i did my house I prepainted outside and then caulked and touched up the nail holes.
Could you do a video further explaining the wiring or process of the lights under the stairs?? PLEASE!!
Awesome project! How did you run the wires from the power, controller to each individual step?
I'm interested in this also. Trying to determine if they were wired in sequence or to each step from a controller
Imagine walking on these strairs but they are carpeted with white soft material😮💨😮💨 strair way to heaven!!!
I hope to do this one day. I would add a smart controller for a few things. 1. A noise sensors, for when my dog barks, it would make the lights turn red like star trek "red alert". I'd also want it connected to my door, for when the doorbell rings it flashes yellow, or when I get a phone call it would flash blue. Those sort of things.
🤣🤣🤣 This would be awesome. You should do it!
Randomly ran across this. But I saw the door sign. Shout outs from Kentucky. Great work!
Awesome! Thank you!
Wow great work. Underrated channel. I’m so used to clicking on these and seeing people take the easy way out most of the time. But your attention to detail is there. Great job.
Thank you for watching!
Im going to see about putting these under my kitchen cabinets. Right now I have 3 led plug in type strips. But, this would free up outlet space to use for other things! I leave the lights on 24/7 because I don't like a dark house. I don't see well at night and it is an old house, no lightswitch is conveniently located where they put them now days. Having cheap low heat lighting is great!
This video showed up just in time. I'm about to redo our stairs, might have to add the lights now.
Great job what sort of paint did you spray with and what gun is it cheers
Really cool guys. That Ash being repurposed is a beautiful thing. The gap in the seams would be closed up by using a tread template or gauge. Im not an expert but building one to get the angles correct helped me on my staircase immeasurably. Great work.
Y’all don’t know what diy means. This is craftsmanship!!!! Good job dude
Makes me wish I had stairs in my home. This turned out beautifuly! I'm sure the spousal approval factor was near 💯. Nice work !
I like your project. Thumbs up Man. Great Job.
Thanks a bunch!
Looks cool and love the safety. I am curious about the LED strips themselves. What is their life expectancy? Is it easy to change should a few lights burn out, etc.?
That looks great!! Ridiculously cheap home upgrade.
That is impressive! Looks incredible
I used to watch ur pogo vids last year! Covid made me stop playing :/ but you were my favorite due to how informative and straight to the point you were!
I have LEDs in my house too but I rather not hear the ghosts more clearly by taking away the carpet
I used to watch you play Pokémon go too until I got addicted to Pokémon shuffle game instead haha
FLW Videos it looks like an entrace to a stripclub
This is gotta be the tackiest staircase build ever. He could have used white ceramic or anything! But he uses LEDS. That's like putting a big spoiler on a car...🤦♂️
I was pretty satisfied with the beginning where they remove the bane of all existence. Otherwise known as carpet. But that is a hell of a makeover.
Fantastic project Andy, they look really great.
Thank you so much. That means alot!
I think my wife is going to have me do this to our stairs now. Thanks for that.... (Love the LED's BTW)
Pretty cool project! Always something I wanted to do, however, I don't have access behind the stairs for the wiring, I've never figured out how to do the wiring from the side we see of the stairs without seeing the wires..
Well done! 👍👊
Thanks! 👍
Super cool way to “elevate” a rather boring part of a home. By the way, that ash looks great!!
I see what you did there! Thanks!
Looks fantastic, that is beautifully well done.......It's a sure bet, it's going on my things to do bucket list. Great video, no nonsense, to the point and 'voila' ! Thanks and please guys, be safe !
Thanks!
The LED strips is a stellar idea.
....till they burn out/malfunction. My neighbor did this exact project to his stairs about 5 or 6 years ago and two of the treads now have no lighting because their LED strips no longer function.
@@stevenshook3348
That's a problem. Nevertheless its still a very good idea to light the stairs like this.
Wow, how cool are you guys!
Terrific ideas! Nice woodshop tools,
Splendid outcome. Thanks for upload👍👍👍
looks really great curious if the light sensor could work with app controlled leds to have the ability to have different colors or patterns for events or seasons
Just plug the transformer into a wifi controlled outlet. Kasa makes a great one for about $20
Looks great!! Now you need a more contemporary hand rail! One thing always leads to another
That's the plan!
Really interesting way to do it, leaving the old treads on. Saves some time as long as it doesn’t make it too tall! I also like the plywood riser trick, never would have thought of that. You have yourself a new sub my friend!
Bottom step too tall and top step too short, may fail building regs in some places
Creaky stairs, though. Great idea!
Thanks!
That’s a great idea, looks wonderful ! Hell, I want it in my house. But let’s be honest it’s no DIY weekend project.
I'm redoing stairs in my house and needed to add stair skirts before I did the treads and risers. It's like 9456 steps, so definitely not a weekend project!
@@kaypee65 jesus is house a skyscraper? jesus
lol
@@nathan7627 I swear, every time I do something a new item lands on the list. Today's item is that my tread covers aren't quite deep enough so now I have to go and buy quarter round. Which will of course have to be measured, cut, placed, and painted. I feel like I'm never going to finish.
The stairs look sweet, well done....!!!
Thank you!
You absolutely KILLED THIS! Looks so good dude.
I appreciate that bro!👊
Just doing diligence on my first house and I will do those maybe before I tackle the bathroom. Cheers
I did something similar and used an outdoor dusk-dawn plug. Now they turn on automatically when the sun goes down and turn off when the sun comes up.
I only wish the carpet in our house was that easy to pull off the stairs!! I’m jealous
Using a quality polyurethane adhesive to attach your treads and risers will ensure a solid and quiet stairway free of pops and squeaks that result from using mechanical fasteners in wood with the season changes. We still shoot a few small brads in risers just too hold them still as adhesive sets up but the difference in the long run can be both heard and felt as you walk up them. You'll also cut way down on having holes to fill just be careful not to get adhesive on any wood that will be getting stained. Nice project though
Thanks for the tip
Man, ripping this off for my very next project starting in a week or so! Thanks!!
Go for it!
It would have looked more awesome if they used RGB lights. But this also looks awesome.
Wow , that lighting under the stair treads looks like something that you would see in a big mansion , nice job guys !! 👍😀
Looks great. What’s the plan for replacing LED strips as they burn out?
Thanks, the connection to the wire is in the slot in the front. This is why we didn't add an adhesive to the back of the strips. It should be as easy as pulling the strip light out and soldering a new connection. The hardest part is going to be doing it upside down.
Am so amazed by your work am a stundent in ellectrical inspired by all engineering work u hve really inspired me wish i could do that
That turned out really well! It didn’t look too difficult to do either! Will need to remember that for the next time I have a house with stairs.
Thanks! It wasn't too difficult but took way longer than I expected. But, so do all my other projects😂
Excellent job.
This is a really cool idea 💡 I like it a lot. I think color LEDs would be fun especially for holiday parties.
Nice one! I have been thinking about this project for sometime and now after watching your video I get real motivation! :) your LED staircase looks absolutely fab!
Awesome! Thank you!
I've watched several of your videos and I'm hooked. You have a great personality (and your friend as well), and you come across as very knowledgeable and trustworthy... yet friendly and approachable. You explain things very concisely. GREAT JOB! Your video's are perfect!
Thank you so much for the kind words. I'm glad you find my content helpful!
I dont know why your video showed up on my feed.. but it had me a little interested.. Awesome job.. I am now a subscriber 😂
Thats fantastic!
This looks great, and simpler to install than I imagined. I would have tried to add a diffuser as well. I see many others have commented the same. That being said, it's still great!
Great job on the project and congrats on the viral video!! Do you know if a big time blog or website embedded it??
DIY ...and then he brings his friend for help ...greatttt..👏🏼
Buy a high quality LED tape for permanent installs and size the transformer 40% larger than the actual power draw. It keeps them from overheating.
Looks fantastic
Hey! How did you connect the stair to the next? Like how did the wire go from one to the other?
Each stair is wired individually
Yeah I was really hoping he would show that part too.
Not enough stairs vids on UA-cam. Thanks for this!
Glad you liked it!
I’m building the stairs right now, then I need to buy a matching house!!!
that's phenomenal stairs.
so beautiful, who neesd stair climber when they would just keep climbing up and down of these stairs.
One thing i would of done differently is to wire the LEDs in a way that you can replace them easily in the future if they go out. The way you did it, the stair has to get ripped out to access the wires. I think one of those white tubes for wires would of worked well running along the stairs
You guys look like brothers,no insult intended
You should’ve added motion detecting graduated step lighting so it lights up one step at a time, since you’re already doing it
It’s wired for this future option 👍😀
Interesting! How would you do that? I mean the graduated part? Several motion detectors?
@@liborlepka One or two detector on each entry point and then program leds to light up only a certain section and move up gradually.
@@liborlepka I've seen people on UA-cam use an Arduino board ua-cam.com/video/J0pMrzg2sus/v-deo.html
Imagine them going off at night and no one there though 👻 👻 😱
Gr8t work those LEDs look amazing... 👍👍👍👍
Thanks 👍
I love how everything is way easier to do in Usa than it is in Europe. This is almost imposible to to in my house due to the stairs beeing made out of concrete. You can't find a house in Europe with the insides made out of wood like in this house. But, the video is still very intresting and entertaining to watch, even though it has no use for me :)
You can't find a house in Europe with the insides made out of wood like in this house.
you`re shure about this one ?
Because thats just wrong.
I have vaulted ceilings in my stairway. This would be perfect on my stairs. I will show this to my electrician..🥰
The only weak link is the adhesive on those led's.
A little silicone over them will fix that.
He said hot glue.
@@montiacpontana41 As an electric sign builder, I second this.
@@F-J. Be careful with hot glue, may rouine the led strip circuit.
looks brilliant
Nice job. From my experience, it won’t be long before the sticky backing of the led strip gives and they fall down unless you secured with an alternative method.
@BlueLine Racing must have missed that
@@MrWeddingPhotography 4:36
@BlueLine Racing I think he says that before he realised they were self backing. But yes, additional glue would be wise to supplement the self backing
Thats why they suggested hot glue but have fun replacing them!
GREAT job well done
Thank you!
ethernet cable can also be used for low voltage wiring as well
No dc lower voltage draws higher amps 22awg isn’t enough for leds
I think it would look really nice with a new railing as well. Awesome job. Looks great.
I agree! Thanks!
Nice, I think you should have used an aluminium profile with a diffuser though.
Came for this comment. A diffuser would have made all the difference. When standing at the bottom looking up, seeing the individual chips is gonna ruin the project.
@@willimondo and the aluminum will help with heat dissipation, which should give the LEDs a longer life. LED's are not nearly as tough as most people think they are. Treat them with kindness :)
What's a diffuser ?
@@russpeaknuckel9525 it’s the frosted out cover on an aluminium profile. If positioned correctly, it will give the appearance of a solid bar of light, rather than being able to see all of the individual leds. To get the correct effect, the led must be, at a minimum, the same distance away from the diffuser as the gap between the leds. So if the leds are 10mm apart, the profile must be at least 10mm deep.
@@willimondo Cool ! Thanks
I might not going to do the Led with my stairs, but the design of your stairs looks is very good, I like it.
Thanks!
I would've made a way to remove bad sections when those cheap leds go out
I get you hook up to a power source downstairs.. but how do you get a wire to every step? 🤔 I don’t get that part? Someone please explain. Other than that, love the work! Definitely gave me an idea for my steps.
Theres empty space below the stairs. We ran a wire from the basement to every stair individually. Hope this helps
Hey Man! Nice product. As far as the tread seems go caulk is a ok way, next time try a "Tread Guage" basic tool that makes a massive difference. It also accommodates for any out of square treads.
Cheers. Nice work.
Thank you! I appreciate the tip