Illuminate the path to your garden, patio, front or back door with walkway lamp posts. These smaller posts with side-mounted light fixtures will accent your walkway and enhance the overall visual appeal of your landscaping. Walkway lamp posts with side-mounted light fixtures light the way down a granite cobblestone path. Lighting Up Water Features. Lamp posts near your water feature illuminate the feature itself, as well as surrounding walkways and landscaping.
Low profile Woodbury Gray granite lamp posts with optional granite caps light this water feature and walkway in the back of an assisted living facility. Patio Entertaining Area Lighting. Light your patio entertaining area with granite lamp posts and let the conversation continue under the stars.
Patio pillar lamp posts light up this entertaining area for guests to enjoy the patio or take a nightly stroll along the manicured lawn. The custom pillars have special order Caledonia granite caps that are tapered on all 4 sides. Lamp Posts as Fencing. Lamp posts can be incorporated within long fences lining property boundaries and driveways. They can also be incorporated into mailbox posts as well.
Lakeside Dock Lighting. For both safety and setting the mood, granite lamp posts are ideal for lakeside dock lighting.
A lamp post lights the dock on this Maine lake. This is a great use for lighting near the dock so the boat can be seen. What a pretty display and striking backdrop pictured here. We will try our best to install your post in the location you have chosen, however some slight relocation may be necessary based on any underground utilities, or problems with soil conditions.
For light post installation it is very important to have the power to your light posts turned off, electrical wires disconnected from the old post, and all wires should be covered with electrical nuts. It will be your responsibility to make all arrangements for the electrical connections to the post from the existing wiring.
We are not licensed electricians; therefore we will not connect any wires to the post or GFCI box. If needed, we will remove your old post from the ground to install your new post. Trying to compact too deep of a layer at one time will not allow for proper compaction, and you might end up with voids along the way, causing settling and leaning over time.
The top four-inch layer of compaction should be the loam you excavated at the start, allowing you to seed, replace sod and plant flowers at the end. Space will likely be very tight around the post toward the bottom of the hole, requiring you to use the narrow handle end of a shovel, or 2x4 to compact the gravel at the start. A long-handled sledge hammer can help to compact as you move along, since the hammer head is small and heavy.
It is nearly impossible to adjust for level once the hole is backfilled and proper compaction is completed. There is always the possibility that you could run into large stones, boulders, or ledge, and utility, gas or irrigation lines, requiring you to relocate the granite post. With a little planning, the right tools and some flexibility, installing a granite post will add value and curb appeal to your property, whether you choose to do it yourself or hire a contractor for the job.
Home Blog Stone and Trowel Natural stone design inspiration and technical information for architectural and landscape professionals. Posted by Steven Schrenk. Measure an inch diameter circle in the desired and obstacle-free location, using marking spray paint to indicate your dig line. Cut out the appropriate size of sod with a sharp spade or lawn edger and use a shovel, post hole diggers or power auger to excavate the hole to the proper depth which in this case is inches deep.
To ensure maximum stability, bury the bottom third of the post below grade after adding a few inches of aggregate to the bottom of hole.
Have the washed stone ready near the hole for backfilling. As you can imagine, granite lamp posts are not light. In fact, they run about pounds a piece and will require the proper equipment for getting into place. For the project featured in our video, we are using a Bobcat with nylon straps wrapped around the forks to assist with maneuvering the posts heavylifting.
Before lifting the post, feed the approved pre-run underground wiring through the hole in the granite.
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