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would suggest a quick 30s segment at the end where you put together a table with the costs over the whole project and maybe time spent. it is quite obvious that work and time spent are not major on this, which makes it great (and that is why I say "maybe"), but the cost isnt very practical to open 12+ links to check out the cost and whether to consider copying this great project or consider other options)
@@pasmas3217Really?? The creator took however much time to film the whole project and shared links to all the items he used, but you're not happy because he didn't take more time to list out all the prices which will change. If you're not willing to invest 2 minutes to look up the prices, kind of hard to believe you're going to spend any effort to do the project.
A friend of mine has a similar project. The extra addon is with a raspbery pi conencted to a weather api and the colors change corralated to the current weather. :)
Wow, nice work! Turned a pretty typical looking stairway and hall into a premium feeling environment. Almost like a theater, or a futuristic spaceship interior. With an end result like that, it's hard not to feel tempted to try this. Thanks for sharing, and for the inspiration!
Chris, that was one of the best step by step flawless tutorials I have seen to this day. And not just the topic, but just excellent teaching & smooth flowing speaking skills.Thank you so much for sharing. I'm now a subscriber
This is sub pro level. Definitely not beyond. Minor details that a real pro would have done include but are not limited to 1. Putting a return miter on the end of the trim piece at the bottom of the stairs so it doesn’t look unfinished. 2. Fishing a wire and hardwiring the strip so it doesn’t need the god awful looking conduit lines going to the bedroom door or an outlet with a bulky plug. Putting the correct common angle on the trim piece at the top of the stairs so the pieces line up. 4. Installing the motion sensors in a more inconspicuous location like at the ceiling and wall line. All in all it looks good for a DIYer but it is definitely not quality, professional work.
@@petersenal06you realize this is proof of concept right? He literally said he's going to move the motion sensors and hardwire the leds. He didn't spend the labor cost of what a pro would charge and reaped 90% of the rewards.
I was replying to the above comment which stated “beyond pro level”. I was simply pointing out what a real pro would have done. I still think the work the guy did is way better than a typical diyer but it’s not pro level and it’s definitely not beyond pro level
Chris, I've seen a few of your videos now and I'm impressed at how you do the installations, produce the videos and keep the quality in the process. Blessings.
I wasn't sure if I would want to do something like this with my stairs but then I realized it does add a really nice feeling at night to have that nice diffused glow. Dang it, I am gonna have to try this out.
Wow. Some products that I didn't know existed. Thanks! Two critical comments: 1. Adding the caulk pretty much negates the use of the Command strips. If the lights are removed, the caulk will pull the paper off the drywall. 2. You are indeed programming the controller for the lights. It's all very intuitive with the controller interface, but you ARE programming. Nice result. Thanks for posting.
Top tip: when caulking, keep a sanitizer bucket of warm water with you to keep your fingers wet and to dissolve excess caulk (non-silicone only). Use blue shop towels as well, and for that run you should be able to get away with only using two shop towels.
So happy I came across this! Bought a house a year ago - was searching back then but couldn't find anything that's not too complicated. I lost hope and decided to do it later. I decided to search again today, and was happy to come across ur recent video. A lot of nice ideas, please keep posting!
This is great! I’ve looked at a ton of these videos because I want to do this for our stairs but none of them looked great or had too much to program or prep. I like that explained each individual process and product.
Like many have stated, this came out really nice. Calking and painting the wood trim really brought all of that together. How high off the floor did you run the frame?
This is so dope and I can do it in a rental. I’ve been having to leave my hall light on because the top and bottom light switches don’t work properly together. I’m going to do this project ASAP!!
Your narration and explanations are always top notch. You also did a great job making it look tasteful rather than gaudy with the corner moulding Chris. I only wish you would stop finding cooler light manufacturers. I finally got around to using the last cool company and now there an even better one :p
I wondered why anyone would get excited about a brand releasing a product then realised I have those sensors all over my house and I love how easy they integrate with home assistant. That's my Xmas wishlist sorted!
I tend to use the recently introduced LED cob strip's nowadays. ( Chip on board). The light is far more uniform almost like a continuous neon strip, no light and dark spots, very neat, diffuser is optional ,I tend to run just as a strip, it blends into staircase edges seamlessly. Various led count per metre available as is voltage, 12 and 24v. I use 12v in all my projects to keep everything uniform as most controllers, passive, infra red, etc all tend to use 12v. The colour range is pretty extensive, besides white, cool, warm and standard, blues red purples, green and more. The blue looks stunning on stairs, landing and newels. I buy everything direct, I know all the proper LED specialist manufacturers now who supply such as Amazon and the UK lighting industry so I can save a great dealing direct. As an indication I pay around £8 ( $10 US) for a 5 metre length of COB LED which I think is reasonable.
@richardhalliday.. agree that I like the lighting effect of COB slightly better but for my project the motion triggering is the most important aspect. Can you recommend any motion sensing solutions compatible with COB strips that are equally as customizable and manageable as the Aqara sensors i.e. can trigger multiple individual strips in different locations etc.. Please let me know if you do!
Again, soo sick! We’re moving and our new house will have stairs whereas we don’t right now. I’m ABSOLUTELY doing this once we get settled in 😎 thanks dude
Thank you for this video. I am putting motion sensor LED's in the kitchen under the cabinets and in the bathroom. This, and your closet video, has helped immensely and I will look for those corner molding for the bathroom
It really took the boring generic beige stair case and lifted it up. Looks great. I am DEFINITELY in the market for something like this to light a specific awkward space in my home. This is awesome. Thank you
Another great video, Chris! Have you considered trying out Home Assistant? With this, you can control all your Govee, WLED, and Aqara devices from one interface as well as to setup automations to control the lights based on time, sun position, or triggers from third party devices (motion sensors, door sensors, luminance sensors, etc). I've been running it a couple years and have a lot of my LED accent lights setup with the Adaptive Lighting add-on so that the brightness and color temperature adjusts with the position of the sun throughout the day and into the night as well as being manually controlled with a mix of Zigbee and Z-wave battery powered/mains powered wall switches and scene controllers. The reason why I initially set up Home Assistant in the first place was the annoying practice of having to turn on my Govee immersion lights manually every time I turned on the TV and having to use multiple apps to control everything. It'd probably be some good content for the channel!
@@ZaleraPraxisYou can connect Aqara T1 strip directly to HA using ZHA and it works almost perfectly, but without adressable properties. Or you can connect it using Matter protocol from Aqara Home to Home Assistant, but in this case you can't use RGB diodes at all, you can only choose between warm white and cold white.
@@doug350zTT that's what I did for a while too (maybe a couple years), but when I finally had to update it was a complete nightmare since so many things had changed in between
I got a big ole grin on my face. Just bought a house and was wondering what to do with the stairs. Its a older house that i want to make look a little modern. WOW!!! Thanks New sub here.
Looks like a great project and good inspiration 👌🏼 I was wondering if it's possible with this setup to program the light strip in a way, when the top motion sensor is activated, that the lights on the top floor light up and the lights on the stairs light up in a motion (from top to bottom)? And the other way around, so when the bottom motion sensor is activated, the stairs are lighted up first (from bottom to top) and then the upper floor?
I really like this because it isn't necessarily permanent. I live in an apartment and would love a hallway lighting option that could leave with us without dinging our deposit. Thanks for sharing your work!
Excellent job, been thinking of doing this down 5-6 steps to my lower split level movie room and then up to the mid-wall ledge where the exterior foundation and ground wall meet. However, my OCD focused on the lack of caulk on the existing trim. 😂 It made it worse when you did a beautiful job with the lights but still had the existing gap. This is why my wife hates my projects! lol I would have found a way to over complicate or add on more work for myself. 🥺
Excellent job. We have 7 staircases in our house. One is long semi spiral that was built in France in 1782 and brought over. Finding a place to hide lights on it would be difficult. We ended up going with little hidden very low voltage spotlights that come on when the sun goes down. Before that, it was turn on the main lights, which in the middle of the night is way too bright. The house was built by a well known architect in 1938, when apparently lighting safety was an option ;)
FYI, those Command strips are only "removeable" if you can access the pull-tab for removal. They will tear up your walls like any other foam tape without that.
You have been the only channel that I have found that has consistent uploads regarding LEDs and how to set them up and install them. I was so intimidated by wleds and knew nothing about them. Thanks to your channel, I'm now considering a whole house setup lol
This is so kewl! This is night light upgrade 3.0. Lol. And love how you can connect end pieces fluidly. No gaps at 2:15. That was my biggest deal breaker in terms of using such lighting around or under items. I'm glad this company found a solution to that problem other companies haven't fixed yet.
I have to say, cutting channels like these to size was a huge pain when going around corners when I did a gapless installation myself. Additionally the usage of 5V LEDs made the voltage drop very apparent, so I had to splice power in at 4 separate points along my 20m stretch. End result is really nice though and I do recommend the Muzata diffusers as they look super nice
@@ChrisMaherDIY I did not. I used an ESP8266. Did this project last year and went all around the top corners of a room. Wish a product like this was available when I worked on mine. I have always followed your channel for lighting advice and setup though, so thank you very much for your help.
That really looks well at night,perfect because my vision isn't so good,I was thinking of individual lamps,but after looking at you finished product,it's just what I need,thank you for you video💯👍
Nice! I´ve done this alongside our entrance outside the house... What you also could do is that you program it the way that the light "runs" down when upper motion sensor turns on, and and the light "runs" up when lower motion sensor turns on respectively.
Chris this looks so great! As a tip you can also use spackle instead of caulking. Much more friendly should you need to take off the channels at any point. Keep up the great work!
@@andrewk8636 Agree 100%! Always use caulk for this. Flexible for temp changes in summer/winter. Want to remove the channels and concerned about wall damage?? Simply gently run a razor knife/box cutter to break the seam.
If you did it exactly like this video, but used the Aqara FP2 MMWave motion sensor instead you could figure out exactly where someone was on the stairs. I'm not sure how many zones you can set up in the lights and mmWave sensors, but it would be the easiest way to do it without programming. If you wanted to do a whole lot of wiring you could do load cells on each stair and get really fancy with WLED.
Hey @@TheHookUp! That's interesting. We actually found a pretty great kit online that we think is going to do everything we need, but we are a bit skeptical! Sounds better than splicing and running each strip individually. Now to do research on load cells..
Looks awesome. Only thing I would suggest is making a 30 degree cut on those pieces of trim at the bottom and top of the steps, on both sides. Your 45 degree cut results in the joint being longer on one side than the non-mitered edge. instead, if you had each cut at 30 degrees for the 120 degree angle, both pieces will be the same exact miter cut length great job!
Great video. I mounted my lights under the handrail pointing down. It lights up the entire stairway. My stairs lead to a large loft, so no hallway to worry about.
Next time you use a caulking gun, if you put your finger hard on the tip/corner and keep constant flow and speed for the entire length of the job, you will have the most immaculate, professional looking corner, and almost zero cleanup. There are also options like cutting an old plastic card at a 90, and scraping excess, or cutting your nozzle at 90 on a 45 and just flow like a pro.
This is so awesome!!! I’m doing this 100% It would be awesome if you gave a full cost and time of installation breakdown but I may be asking too much. Thanks For sharing!
Was already thinking about subscribing, but as soon as I saw the "Jesus loves you" wifi name my mouse never moved quicker to the subscribe button 😂 great video, definitely gonna be watching more videos
To turn off the LED strip that's better to use single automation with both top motion sensor AND bottom motion sensor detect no motion. And to turn it on use the single automation with both top motion sensor OR bottom motion sensor detect motion.
I like this a lot. I'm stealing it. It is mine now. Thank you for sharing my idea with me. I do think you missed out on hitting the tops of those baseboards with fresh caulk while you were down there. I saw gaps! Srsly though, thx. My son's room is upstairs and he will love this. Things that increase cool Dad point totals and that add to safety are huge.
Not bad at all! What an awesome touch. I’d personally set it to a deep blue or purple, so that when your sleepy at night bright lights don’t wake your mind up before stumbling back from whence ye came
This is super cool. I have one straight shot stairwell to the second floor landing and door. It would cost over $200 to do this or just $2 when I need to replace the overhead lightbulb...lol
As a programmer, I couldn't help but notice a flaw in your logic: Suppose you trigger the sensor at the bottom. The light turns on. You walk up the stairs and enter the bathroom. Then, you leave the bathroom again 55 seconds after having initially triggered the bottom sensor. Now the top sensor will trigger and switch the light on (which it is already). You start walking down the stairs. After five seconds, the light goes out, because the bottom sensor hasn't seen movement for a minute. :)
This is top notch explenation and DIY tutorial. If I wanted to do something like this I would have opted for routing that wooden handrail and inserting aluminium housing beneath it with LED facing downwords.
Another great video! I think it is your attention to detail that I like the most. I have been sitting on a project to make a motion detected strip light for my stairs but haven't been able to decide how I want to do it. I really like your idea to set them against the wall and point down, then hide it with trim. I wont be using smart devices, just simple plug and play, but this gave me some great ideas to work with. Thanks!
This is cool!!! To be fair, you did have to setup the motion sensor which is kind of programming. It is one time, but knowing that these can ger fidgety, there's always an uncommon case to re program this.
@@ChrisMaherDIY That’s what I figured you meant. Maybe this more front end development level. 😅 thanks for this. In my saves for my new home and office. Blessings.
I'm looking at doing this exact same project this month. Chris, if you were to do this again, would you use the same LED strip + extensions? Or would you look at wiring up one of your WLED systems?
@@ChrisMaherDIY I'm debating on using a single run of the Hue light strip since I've got there ZigBee network running already or wiring up a cheaper LED strip and using WLED...
Awesome video as always. A good idea with the caulking is a length of masking tape run your finger through it then peel the tape off I recently tried it and it gives a really nice finish. You've given me many good ideas to try thank you for your content
Awesome.. can you get the lights to 'chase' up the stairs (at a certain time delay so it looks like the light is walking up with you) and then stay on for a selected time, also the same to chase down the stairs when the motion is detected at the top? If you can, i'm sold!
I want to make a bedroom like this. Only use low intensity red light. You have the lights go up the walls, along the floors, and around the ceiling. When the lights are on you can tell you're in a big box. Maybe outline the doors too. When your spouse is asleep but you need to get up and get ready for work, turn these on. You just got up so they can be very dim. They will give you just enough spatial awareness to navigate the room and get ready while your spouse is blissfully asleep.
Great video well thought out. I went a little more DIY then this though. I have been a automation person for a good while and have set up Home Assistant for home automation. About a year ago i got into making my own sensors for it by using a HA add-on called ESPHome. So i did something similar like what you did except used WLED which HA supports natively and a couple of sensors i made using ESP32's and time of flight sensor called a VL53L0X, this uses infrared pulses which makes the sensor extremely accurate so the LED's only come on exactly when you put your foot on the first step. This is needful for me as we pass right next to the stairs on the way to the kitchen all the time.
I bought a few round battery operated motion detectors and tucked them into the corners of every fourth stair. No internet or plug required. They blend into the molding and were a lot less trouble and expense. I do like the aesthetics of this one, but seriously.... life is complicated enough.
My wife is visually impaired, so we installed individual light units on the stairs that come on as you walk down. Trouble is, they use a LOT of batteries and where they need to be means they can get knocked off from time to time. This is a better solution. Not sure if this type of system is available in the UK, but I'm going to do some research!
What a good looking nicely executed project. What a great system, I was lost with the myriad of LEDs, you introduced me to features I didn’t know to look for
You mentioned running that power supply through the wall into the next room t hid it better. Not sure the cable is in-wall rated for that application, but I want to do a project like this for our stairs and maybe do a more permanent installation. Thinking I may try to find a controller/driver that can mount in-wall and splice into the home power supply with a permanent light switch acting as the on/off switch.
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Really sucks a lot of these products arent available internationally
Great video! Do you know the total (rough) cost was for this build?
What are the connectors to span the cut?
would suggest a quick 30s segment at the end where you put together a table with the costs over the whole project and maybe time spent.
it is quite obvious that work and time spent are not major on this, which makes it great (and that is why I say "maybe"), but the cost isnt very practical to open 12+ links to check out the cost and whether to consider copying this great project or consider other options)
@@pasmas3217Really?? The creator took however much time to film the whole project and shared links to all the items he used, but you're not happy because he didn't take more time to list out all the prices which will change. If you're not willing to invest 2 minutes to look up the prices, kind of hard to believe you're going to spend any effort to do the project.
At first I thought it was going to look tacky like most LED projects like this, but the corner molding made the difference. Brilliant.
Same!
That’s cause most tacky homeowners put them in instead of leaving it to the professionals
why didn't you use a 45 degree profile? and turning the strip will be much easier. or will the light go into your eyes?
plants in the corners hiding light leak -
Agreed!! This is exactly why we developed our renter friendly lighting channel/mold combo!
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Where can we see it ?
@@zekehall1for real?!
that souns dope af
oh thats lit
Wow, nice work! Turned a pretty typical looking stairway and hall into a premium feeling environment. Almost like a theater, or a futuristic spaceship interior. With an end result like that, it's hard not to feel tempted to try this. Thanks for sharing, and for the inspiration!
Chris, that was one of the best step by step flawless tutorials I have seen to this day. And not just the topic, but just excellent teaching & smooth flowing speaking skills.Thank you so much for sharing. I'm now a subscriber
Now it's more advanced and easy to install
And I thought "I" was a stickler for perfection. Unbelievably clean job, this is beyond pro level. Thanks for sharing with us.
This is sub pro level. Definitely not beyond. Minor details that a real pro would have done include but are not limited to 1. Putting a return miter on the end of the trim piece at the bottom of the stairs so it doesn’t look unfinished. 2. Fishing a wire and hardwiring the strip so it doesn’t need the god awful looking conduit lines going to the bedroom door or an outlet with a bulky plug. Putting the correct common angle on the trim piece at the top of the stairs so the pieces line up. 4. Installing the motion sensors in a more inconspicuous location like at the ceiling and wall line. All in all it looks good for a DIYer but it is definitely not quality, professional work.
@@petersenal06you realize this is proof of concept right? He literally said he's going to move the motion sensors and hardwire the leds. He didn't spend the labor cost of what a pro would charge and reaped 90% of the rewards.
I was replying to the above comment which stated “beyond pro level”. I was simply pointing out what a real pro would have done. I still think the work the guy did is way better than a typical diyer but it’s not pro level and it’s definitely not beyond pro level
why didn't you use a 45 degree profile? and turning the strip will be much easier. or will the light go into your eyes?
This looks immaculate! The attention to detail definitely takes it to another level. Worth it 1000%
This is exactly the type of tutorial I’ve been looking for! Thank you for the inspiration! Going to try this next week
you try it ?
@@dale_v2454 not yet. Still waiting on my boss (the wife) to approve the budget.
Those yellow grout sponges and a bucket of water do an amazing job at cleaning up caulking. They make a rookie look like a professional.
Chris,
I've seen a few of your videos now and I'm impressed at how you do the installations, produce the videos and keep the quality in the process.
Blessings.
I wasn't sure if I would want to do something like this with my stairs but then I realized it does add a really nice feeling at night to have that nice diffused glow. Dang it, I am gonna have to try this out.
Very good demonstration! I was a bit hesitant but once I saw you put up the angle board on the metal covers, it looks 100%. Great job.
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Two critical comments: 1. Adding the caulk pretty much negates the use of the Command strips. If the lights are removed, the caulk will pull the paper off the drywall. 2. You are indeed programming the controller for the lights. It's all very intuitive with the controller interface, but you ARE programming.
Nice result. Thanks for posting.
Programming in a very basic simplified user friendly way... Not actually writing the code.
Top tip: when caulking, keep a sanitizer bucket of warm water with you to keep your fingers wet and to dissolve excess caulk (non-silicone only). Use blue shop towels as well, and for that run you should be able to get away with only using two shop towels.
So happy I came across this! Bought a house a year ago - was searching back then but couldn't find anything that's not too complicated. I lost hope and decided to do it later. I decided to search again today, and was happy to come across ur recent video. A lot of nice ideas, please keep posting!
as someone who's regularly up at 3-4AM for work a project like this seems great instead of going downstairs using my phone seems like a great thing
yep. Just a matter of time before I fall down the stairs. I'm doing THIS.
This is great! I’ve looked at a ton of these videos because I want to do this for our stairs but none of them looked great or had too much to program or prep. I like that explained each individual process and product.
Like many have stated, this came out really nice. Calking and painting the wood trim really brought all of that together. How high off the floor did you run the frame?
This is so dope and I can do it in a rental. I’ve been having to leave my hall light on because the top and bottom light switches don’t work properly together. I’m going to do this project ASAP!!
Explained all of the process well. Including the non perfect fixes and most of all kept the whole video simple. Well done mate!!
Small touches add up for a premium look. Great job!
Your narration and explanations are always top notch. You also did a great job making it look tasteful rather than gaudy with the corner moulding Chris. I only wish you would stop finding cooler light manufacturers. I finally got around to using the last cool company and now there an even better one :p
I wondered why anyone would get excited about a brand releasing a product then realised I have those sensors all over my house and I love how easy they integrate with home assistant. That's my Xmas wishlist sorted!
I tend to use the recently introduced LED cob strip's nowadays. ( Chip on board). The light is far more uniform almost like a continuous neon strip, no light and dark spots, very neat, diffuser is optional ,I tend to run just as a strip, it blends into staircase edges seamlessly. Various led count per metre available as is voltage, 12 and 24v. I use 12v in all my projects to keep everything uniform as most controllers, passive, infra red, etc all tend to use 12v. The colour range is pretty extensive, besides white, cool, warm and standard, blues red purples, green and more. The blue looks stunning on stairs, landing and newels. I buy everything direct, I know all the proper LED specialist manufacturers now who supply such as Amazon and the UK lighting industry so I can save a great dealing direct. As an indication I pay around £8 ( $10 US) for a 5 metre length of COB LED which I think is reasonable.
@richardhalliday.. agree that I like the lighting effect of COB slightly better but for my project the motion triggering is the most important aspect. Can you recommend any motion sensing solutions compatible with COB strips that are equally as customizable and manageable as the Aqara sensors i.e. can trigger multiple individual strips in different locations etc.. Please let me know if you do!
Again, soo sick! We’re moving and our new house will have stairs whereas we don’t right now. I’m ABSOLUTELY doing this once we get settled in 😎 thanks dude
I’ve been wanting to do this for a long time; this tutorial gave me exactly what I needed.
Thank you for this video. I am putting motion sensor LED's in the kitchen under the cabinets and in the bathroom. This, and your closet video, has helped immensely and I will look for those corner molding for the bathroom
This looks super cool. I love the effort to make led strips look more finished and refined.
The strips look finished, but the baseboards do not!
It really took the boring generic beige stair case and lifted it up. Looks great. I am DEFINITELY in the market for something like this to light a specific awkward space in my home. This is awesome.
Thank you
Another great video, Chris!
Have you considered trying out Home Assistant? With this, you can control all your Govee, WLED, and Aqara devices from one interface as well as to setup automations to control the lights based on time, sun position, or triggers from third party devices (motion sensors, door sensors, luminance sensors, etc). I've been running it a couple years and have a lot of my LED accent lights setup with the Adaptive Lighting add-on so that the brightness and color temperature adjusts with the position of the sun throughout the day and into the night as well as being manually controlled with a mix of Zigbee and Z-wave battery powered/mains powered wall switches and scene controllers. The reason why I initially set up Home Assistant in the first place was the annoying practice of having to turn on my Govee immersion lights manually every time I turned on the TV and having to use multiple apps to control everything. It'd probably be some good content for the channel!
@@ZaleraPraxisYou can connect Aqara T1 strip directly to HA using ZHA and it works almost perfectly, but without adressable properties. Or you can connect it using Matter protocol from Aqara Home to Home Assistant, but in this case you can't use RGB diodes at all, you can only choose between warm white and cold white.
HOOOMMEEEE ASSISSTANT! HOOOOMMEEE ASSSIIISSTANT!
tbh as a long-term user of home assistant it’s gotten pretty exhausting. Keeping up with the update schedule alone is so much effort.
@@JB-fh1bbI get to it when I get to it … if I know my Z wave or zigbee devices need improvement then I will upgrade when I see one
@@doug350zTT that's what I did for a while too (maybe a couple years), but when I finally had to update it was a complete nightmare since so many things had changed in between
I got a big ole grin on my face. Just bought a house and was wondering what to do with the stairs. Its a older house that i want to make look a little modern. WOW!!! Thanks New sub here.
Looks like a great project and good inspiration 👌🏼 I was wondering if it's possible with this setup to program the light strip in a way, when the top motion sensor is activated, that the lights on the top floor light up and the lights on the stairs light up in a motion (from top to bottom)? And the other way around, so when the bottom motion sensor is activated, the stairs are lighted up first (from bottom to top) and then the upper floor?
I really like this because it isn't necessarily permanent. I live in an apartment and would love a hallway lighting option that could leave with us without dinging our deposit. Thanks for sharing your work!
Not gonna lie, thought it was gonna look really stupid, but this looks amazing. So much I'm probably gonna do it. Great video
Excellent job, been thinking of doing this down 5-6 steps to my lower split level movie room and then up to the mid-wall ledge where the exterior foundation and ground wall meet. However, my OCD focused on the lack of caulk on the existing trim. 😂 It made it worse when you did a beautiful job with the lights but still had the existing gap. This is why my wife hates my projects! lol I would have found a way to over complicate or add on more work for myself. 🥺
now go back and caulk the skirting boards, savage
Savage was foul but needed
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His good works shamed the baseboard work.
I was thinking the same.
Excellent job. We have 7 staircases in our house. One is long semi spiral that was built in France in 1782 and brought over. Finding a place to hide lights on it would be difficult. We ended up going with little hidden very low voltage spotlights that come on when the sun goes down. Before that, it was turn on the main lights, which in the middle of the night is way too bright. The house was built by a well known architect in 1938, when apparently lighting safety was an option ;)
FYI, those Command strips are only "removeable" if you can access the pull-tab for removal. They will tear up your walls like any other foam tape without that.
Could always get the Velcro ones that way you can take the diffusers off then have access to the tab on wall 👍
Ever try heat to remove them?
I’ve used my old learners permit to wedge under the foam so I could get enough leverage to make my own pull tab. Worked fine just had to be patient.
You have been the only channel that I have found that has consistent uploads regarding LEDs and how to set them up and install them. I was so intimidated by wleds and knew nothing about them. Thanks to your channel, I'm now considering a whole house setup lol
For sure doing this to my stairs... Maybe this weekend lol
This is so kewl! This is night light upgrade 3.0. Lol.
And love how you can connect end pieces fluidly. No gaps at 2:15. That was my biggest deal breaker in terms of using such lighting around or under items. I'm glad this company found a solution to that problem other companies haven't fixed yet.
I have to say, cutting channels like these to size was a huge pain when going around corners when I did a gapless installation myself. Additionally the usage of 5V LEDs made the voltage drop very apparent, so I had to splice power in at 4 separate points along my 20m stretch. End result is really nice though and I do recommend the Muzata diffusers as they look super nice
Thanks so much for the update and glad it turned out good! Did you end up using sk6812 lights?!
@@ChrisMaherDIY I did not. I used an ESP8266. Did this project last year and went all around the top corners of a room. Wish a product like this was available when I worked on mine. I have always followed your channel for lighting advice and setup though, so thank you very much for your help.
absolutely LOVE IT, turned out really well. it is a result of exactly what I am trying to do. The height above the floor is perfect.
Nice job, but I would have used the caulk on the skirting aswell to fill the gaps you have👍
That really looks well at night,perfect because my vision isn't so good,I was thinking of individual lamps,but after looking at you finished product,it's just what I need,thank you for you video💯👍
you truely top yourself with every video you release.
You are such an inspiration
Nice! I´ve done this alongside our entrance outside the house... What you also could do is that you program it the way that the light "runs" down when upper motion sensor turns on, and and the light "runs" up when lower motion sensor turns on respectively.
I dig this idea
@@mikegatlin1ify do it, it's awesome
did you do that with the Aqara LED strips?
Chris this looks so great! As a tip you can also use spackle instead of caulking. Much more friendly should you need to take off the channels at any point. Keep up the great work!
That was my exact thoughts when I was watching this.
Never use spackle for seems. It's for patches
@@andrewk8636 Agree 100%! Always use caulk for this. Flexible for temp changes in summer/winter. Want to remove the channels and concerned about wall damage?? Simply gently run a razor knife/box cutter to break the seam.
"Paper towels are your friends" - so true! With a little rubbing alcohol on them too to keep your hands clean. Great job!
Chris! This is exactly the project we were wanting your help with!
Our question is how would you get LEDs to light up as you walk up the stairs?
Another YT collab!!! There are 2 motion sensors. One at the base and the other at the top
If you did it exactly like this video, but used the Aqara FP2 MMWave motion sensor instead you could figure out exactly where someone was on the stairs. I'm not sure how many zones you can set up in the lights and mmWave sensors, but it would be the easiest way to do it without programming. If you wanted to do a whole lot of wiring you could do load cells on each stair and get really fancy with WLED.
Hey @@TheHookUp! That's interesting. We actually found a pretty great kit online that we think is going to do everything we need, but we are a bit skeptical! Sounds better than splicing and running each strip individually. Now to do research on load cells..
Looks awesome. Only thing I would suggest is making a 30 degree cut on those pieces of trim at the bottom and top of the steps, on both sides. Your 45 degree cut results in the joint being longer on one side than the non-mitered edge. instead, if you had each cut at 30 degrees for the 120 degree angle, both pieces will be the same exact miter cut length
great job!
Great video. I mounted my lights under the handrail pointing down. It lights up the entire stairway. My stairs lead to a large loft, so no hallway to worry about.
Thanks for the tips per led lighting. 35 year tradesman (old school)
As always Chris an excellent and easy to understand tutorial,
Thanks for your continued work and videos.
I hope you are all well 👍🏻
Next time you use a caulking gun, if you put your finger hard on the tip/corner and keep constant flow and speed for the entire length of the job, you will have the most immaculate, professional looking corner, and almost zero cleanup. There are also options like cutting an old plastic card at a 90, and scraping excess, or cutting your nozzle at 90 on a 45 and just flow like a pro.
Bro.....STOP GIVING ME PROJECTS!!!!! 😂 Another great video, thank you for posting.
It looks high-end. Great job!
Very cool video, well filmed and easy to follow! Thanks for taking the time to put this together!
This is so awesome!!! I’m doing this 100%
It would be awesome if you gave a full cost and time of installation breakdown but I may be asking too much.
Thanks
For sharing!
Should've caulked the skirting while you were there!
Came here to say the same thing 😂
This is exactly what I want to do to my basement stairway. Perfect! I just hope that it can be programmed to audio coming from the basement!
This man is insane
This was an amazing tutorial video! Not hardcore drilling into walls 3D printed madness like other tutorials! I can actually do this!
Was already thinking about subscribing, but as soon as I saw the "Jesus loves you" wifi name my mouse never moved quicker to the subscribe button 😂 great video, definitely gonna be watching more videos
Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment!! Love hearing that!!
I've been breaking my head how to do this for my stairs. Hopefully it I will go as smooth as you made it seem thank you
You could have done the same thing to the baseboards (gaps) w/ caulk, but good job overall man.
Fantastic and genius covering with the cornering, really nice addition to your home.
To turn off the LED strip that's better to use single automation with both top motion sensor AND bottom motion sensor detect no motion. And to turn it on use the single automation with both top motion sensor OR bottom motion sensor detect motion.
why am i watching this video, i don't even have the house and i have exam tomorrow.
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This is literally me now
I like this a lot. I'm stealing it. It is mine now. Thank you for sharing my idea with me. I do think you missed out on hitting the tops of those baseboards with fresh caulk while you were down there. I saw gaps! Srsly though, thx. My son's room is upstairs and he will love this. Things that increase cool Dad point totals and that add to safety are huge.
Bro imagine a ghost walking through the staircase at night . 😂😂🤣🤣
I swear that’s something that would happen to ke
Imagine if PIR could actually detect them... 🤦🏻♂
🤣@@Shylockza
Nasty situation 😂
I'm ghost 👻
Awesome technique. I am so happy to finally learn from a pro how to do things right
Caulk THEN Paint
Caulk then snuggle
Thank you so much! I can’t wait to install this in my own home. It’s precisely what I’ve been wanting and needing! ❤
Not bad at all! What an awesome touch. I’d personally set it to a deep blue or purple, so that when your sleepy at night bright lights don’t wake your mind up before stumbling back from whence ye came
Great job!!! Thank you for taking the time to post the process and end results. You too be blessed!!!
This is super cool. I have one straight shot stairwell to the second floor landing and door. It would cost over $200 to do this or just $2 when I need to replace the overhead lightbulb...lol
Amazing!! going to do this under our kitchen cabs. We were quoted $2.5k for this! 😮 this video came up at a perfect time.
As a programmer, I couldn't help but notice a flaw in your logic: Suppose you trigger the sensor at the bottom. The light turns on. You walk up the stairs and enter the bathroom. Then, you leave the bathroom again 55 seconds after having initially triggered the bottom sensor. Now the top sensor will trigger and switch the light on (which it is already). You start walking down the stairs. After five seconds, the light goes out, because the bottom sensor hasn't seen movement for a minute. :)
I’m a programmer and had the exact same thought 😂
This is top notch explenation and DIY tutorial. If I wanted to do something like this I would have opted for routing that wooden handrail and inserting aluminium housing beneath it with LED facing downwords.
Another great video! I think it is your attention to detail that I like the most. I have been sitting on a project to make a motion detected strip light for my stairs but haven't been able to decide how I want to do it. I really like your idea to set them against the wall and point down, then hide it with trim. I wont be using smart devices, just simple plug and play, but this gave me some great ideas to work with. Thanks!
This is cool!!! To be fair, you did have to setup the motion sensor which is kind of programming. It is one time, but knowing that these can ger fidgety, there's always an uncommon case to re program this.
Thanks so much for watching! Yeah I guess you could consider that programming. When I think of programming my mind goes to JavaScript, Python, c++.
@@ChrisMaherDIY That’s what I figured you meant. Maybe this more front end development level. 😅 thanks for this. In my saves for my new home and office. Blessings.
I'm looking at doing this exact same project this month.
Chris, if you were to do this again, would you use the same LED strip + extensions? Or would you look at wiring up one of your WLED systems?
Thanks for watching! I would do it the exact same way. I've had zero issues since day one!
@@ChrisMaherDIY I'm debating on using a single run of the Hue light strip since I've got there ZigBee network running already or wiring up a cheaper LED strip and using WLED...
Awesome video as always. A good idea with the caulking is a length of masking tape run your finger through it then peel the tape off I recently tried it and it gives a really nice finish. You've given me many good ideas to try thank you for your content
Awesome.. can you get the lights to 'chase' up the stairs (at a certain time delay so it looks like the light is walking up with you) and then stay on for a selected time, also the same to chase down the stairs when the motion is detected at the top? If you can, i'm sold!
I want to make a bedroom like this. Only use low intensity red light. You have the lights go up the walls, along the floors, and around the ceiling. When the lights are on you can tell you're in a big box. Maybe outline the doors too.
When your spouse is asleep but you need to get up and get ready for work, turn these on. You just got up so they can be very dim. They will give you just enough spatial awareness to navigate the room and get ready while your spouse is blissfully asleep.
that lighting is a dream for senior citizens!! need to look into this for grama. they are so scared of the dark as they get older
Wow this looks really nice! I want to do this in my garage.
Great video well thought out. I went a little more DIY then this though. I have been a automation person for a good while and have set up Home Assistant for home automation. About a year ago i got into making my own sensors for it by using a HA add-on called ESPHome. So i did something similar like what you did except used WLED which HA supports natively and a couple of sensors i made using ESP32's and time of flight sensor called a VL53L0X, this uses infrared pulses which makes the sensor extremely accurate so the LED's only come on exactly when you put your foot on the first step. This is needful for me as we pass right next to the stairs on the way to the kitchen all the time.
Amazing! Nice job. I want to do this. Maybe in the kitchen under the bottom cabinets so it lights the floor like yours does here.
I bought a few round battery operated motion detectors and tucked them into the corners of every fourth stair. No internet or plug required. They blend into the molding and were a lot less trouble and expense. I do like the aesthetics of this one, but seriously.... life is complicated enough.
Trust the process!
looked great in the end!
Very neat setup. Makes my single stair strip look a mess. I've got some work to do!
Very cool. As someone who has 0/10 craftsman skill, I'm almost tempted to do this myself. If not, I'll just hire a handyman and show him this vid. 😊
My wife is visually impaired, so we installed individual light units on the stairs that come on as you walk down. Trouble is, they use a LOT of batteries and where they need to be means they can get knocked off from time to time. This is a better solution. Not sure if this type of system is available in the UK, but I'm going to do some research!
Really nice result and liked the simple explanation for setting the system up. Thanks
What a good looking nicely executed project. What a great system, I was lost with the myriad of LEDs, you introduced me to features I didn’t know to look for
yes, i always geek up too when a company i've never heard of makes a product for the first time
I rarely ever take inspiration from these DIY project videos but I do enjoy watching them lol
You mentioned running that power supply through the wall into the next room t hid it better. Not sure the cable is in-wall rated for that application, but I want to do a project like this for our stairs and maybe do a more permanent installation. Thinking I may try to find a controller/driver that can mount in-wall and splice into the home power supply with a permanent light switch acting as the on/off switch.