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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.
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
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, 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.
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 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
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.
This is awesome! I’m a disabled 63 yo woman who has balance issues and animals who want to trip me to my death. I have motion activated lights, but they chew up tons of batteries.This would allow me to have a well lit path that stands up to my foster dogs. And it seems easy enough even I could do it.
There are rechargeable motion lights, if you would rather use the battery operated ones..use rechargeable batteries , Amazon USB C rechargeable AA(or AAA-whatever size you use)
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?
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
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.
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
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
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 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!
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!
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..
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.
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
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!!
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?
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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!
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.
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.
Just subscribed to your channel because iv been watching a lot of different led strip installations and your channel is the only one that are very intriguing. Great installs and your video editing is very nice! I want to do this exact set up with a L wood shape covering the strip. Thank you for this video. You make this look very easy! Lol
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 ;)
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
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💯👍
Awesome, looks fantastic! Whilst you had the gap filler out, you should have filled the gaps on the skirting board, where the floor meets the wall. Thanks for sharing! 👍
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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!
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
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. :)
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,
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.
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.
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!
Explained all of the process well. Including the non perfect fixes and most of all kept the whole video simple. Well done mate!!
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?
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.
Installed mine using this video as a guide and they work GREAT!
I’ve been wanting to do this for a long time; this tutorial gave me exactly what I needed.
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.
Small touches add up for a premium look. Great job!
This is awesome! I’m a disabled 63 yo woman who has balance issues and animals who want to trip me to my death. I have motion activated lights, but they chew up tons of batteries.This would allow me to have a well lit path that stands up to my foster dogs. And it seems easy enough even I could do it.
There are rechargeable motion lights, if you would rather use the battery operated ones..use rechargeable batteries , Amazon USB C rechargeable AA(or AAA-whatever size you use)
Not gonna lie, thought it was gonna look really stupid, but this looks amazing. So much I'm probably gonna do it. Great video
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.
Nice job, but I would have used the caulk on the skirting aswell to fill the gaps you have👍
It looks high-end. Great job!
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?
Trust the process!
looked great in the end!
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!
My favorite tip was the corner molding..gonna use that on 2 planned projects
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
Great job!!! Thank you for taking the time to post the process and end results. You too be blessed!!!
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.
Programming in a very basic simplified user friendly way... Not actually writing the code.
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
you truely top yourself with every video you release.
You are such an inspiration
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
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
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.
For sure doing this to my stairs... Maybe this weekend lol
Love the end result!
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!
Fantastic and genius covering with the cornering, really nice addition to your home.
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.
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!
Really nice result and liked the simple explanation for setting the system up. Thanks
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..
Wow this looks really nice! I want to do this in my garage.
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.
why am i watching this video, i don't even have the house and i have exam tomorrow.
This is literally me now
😂😂😂😂😂
really enjoyed this i dont watch a lot of diy vids but really got something from this!!
Nice! Thanks for tutorial! One more thing: buy new socks!😂😂 3 holes
Awesome job, all I can think about were the gaps on your baseboards now lol.
Agree! :-) I kept shouting at the screen "You've got the caulk gun out...do the baseboards!!!!"
This man is insane
Awesome technique. I am so happy to finally learn from a pro how to do things right
Very cool video, well filmed and easy to follow! Thanks for taking the time to put this together!
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.
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
Thanks for the tips per led lighting. 35 year tradesman (old school)
Bro.....STOP GIVING ME PROJECTS!!!!! 😂 Another great video, thank you for posting.
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!!
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?
U have a blessed day 🙏. Thank you for your time and effort to help make DIY work ez
As always Chris an excellent and easy to understand tutorial,
Thanks for your continued work and videos.
I hope you are all well 👍🏻
NEXT LEVEL!!!!!! Love it!!!!
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.
"Paper towels are your friends" - so true! With a little rubbing alcohol on them too to keep your hands clean. Great job!
You could have done the same thing to the baseboards (gaps) w/ caulk, but good job overall man.
GREAT JOB!!!
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.
God blessed you with a talent, amazing!
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.
Nice job dude, that looks classy
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!!
That’s amazing!
Congrats!!!
now go back and caulk the skirting boards, savage
Savage was foul but needed
😂😂😂😂
😂
His good works shamed the baseboard work.
I was thinking the same.
Totally doing this when I buy my first home. Looks great !!
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.
Excellence!!! Your office setup looks very good too.
Should've caulked the skirting while you were there!
Came here to say the same thing 😂
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!
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.
This is awesome!! I’m planning on copying this.
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.
Wow the office looks like dream man great work on that
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 👻
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! ❤
Caulk THEN Paint
Caulk then snuggle
The LED master. Really excellent video. The end result is amazing.
This is an awesome tutorial and a great idea for a project! Thank you for the video! I think I'll use something like this at home!
Great job! Looks great
Just subscribed to your channel because iv been watching a lot of different led strip installations and your channel is the only one that are very intriguing. Great installs and your video editing is very nice! I want to do this exact set up with a L wood shape covering the strip. Thank you for this video. You make this look very easy! Lol
You are a rockstar. Never stop!
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 ;)
Nice and simple work, good job!!
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
Thanks Chris! Such an informative video!
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💯👍
This looks so cool! Great job!
Great job. Video edit and production as well as installation and explaination. Excellent
love it, a must do one day when i have a house!
That was an awesome project! Nicely Done!
Loved this tutorial! So well done!
Very cool project, Chris!! Nice touch with the WiFi name, God bless!
Awesome, looks fantastic! Whilst you had the gap filler out, you should have filled the gaps on the skirting board, where the floor meets the wall. Thanks for sharing! 👍
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.