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Project · Heritage District, Sunnyvale

Heritage District walkway

A new front walkway and a mature oak with no light on either. We buried a low-voltage run from a garage transformer, set eleven brass path lights at the step edges, three up-lights into the oak canopy and a photocell timer that follows sunset through the year.

Fixtures11 path · 3 up
System12V · 300W
On site2 days
TimerAstronomic
A finished front yard at dusk with warm path lights along a stone walkway and an up-lit oak tree.

What was included

  • Fixture plan on the landscape drawing
  • Brass path lights, 2700K, at every step edge
  • Three brass up-lights with glare shields on the oak
  • Direct-burial cable, hub wiring for even brightness
  • Transformer with astronomic timer and photocell
  • New GFCI exterior receptacle by the porch
“The oak at night is now the reason people slow down on our street.”
Elena and RobHeritage District
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See how the work progresses.

Eight stages from a similar job, start to finish. Concept imagery.

  1. Stage 1 of 8: Daylight walkway01 · Daylight walkway
  2. Stage 2 of 8: Marked out02 · Marked out
  3. Stage 3 of 8: Trench cut03 · Trench cut
  4. Stage 4 of 8: Cable laid04 · Cable laid
  5. Stage 5 of 8: Fixtures set05 · Fixtures set
  6. Stage 6 of 8: Transformer wired06 · Transformer wired
  7. Stage 7 of 8: First light07 · First light
  8. Stage 8 of 8: Finished08 · Finished
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How it ran.

  1. Day 0

    Dusk walk

    Demo fixtures set along the path after sunset so the owners saw the effect first.

  2. Week 1

    Plan

    Fixture count and transformer size confirmed.

  3. Day 1

    Trench

    Cable buried along the bed edge, transformer mounted in the garage.

  4. Day 2

    Aim

    Fixtures aimed after dark, timer set to sunset minus ten minutes.

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