Check this post and make your curb appeal shinning. Lamp post provides not only illumination but installing lighting fixture to beautify the curb appeal is becoming a trend in the market nowadays. If you are looking for some guidance to install outdoor lamp post for your landscape , this post is for you. Installing an outdoor lamp post may easier than you think. Here Vietnam Cast Iron will guide you step by step so that everyone could help yourself. There is a variety of outdoor lighting posts in the catalog so make sure you choose the right one for your curb appeal.
First, plan in your mind what is your purpose? You need a functional lamp post for the only illumination or you care more about the decorative property. Depending on your need, you can consider different model, design and height for your application. We recommend to use cast iron lamp post to ensure the quality and also the appearance. When you got your lamppost in your hand, the next step is to decide where to place the post lighting to provide not only enough illumination but also eye-catching at the first sight.
Almost lamp posts requires the foundation, or often called footer buried underground to stabilize the lighting fixture. Use a posthole digger or round shovel to dig the hole. Make a hole with 30cm diameter and 60cm deep. Also, you will need a trench to line the power supply with the lighting post.
We recommend you should trench a line which nearest the power supplier to the lighting fixture. After that, use a piece of plywood to separate the footer from the trench. Make sure the drill hole is wide enough for the conduit fit through.
The conduit will protect the electrical line for the outdoor lamppost from being moisture when place underground. We recommend you use a gray PVC electrical grade pipe. If there are any turns in the line, use degree angle or degree couplings to make the connection.
Prepare plywood that is wider than your foundation hole more than 20cm. Drill the hole in the plywood for the conduit and anchor bolts fit through. Next, place the anchor bolts and screw nuts onto the ends suspending them into the foundation. Install stakes around the edges of the plywood to anchor it to after pouring the concrete. You can use a concrete mixer or manual mixing. Next, pour concrete mixture into the hole. Make sure the hole is filled uniformly and evenly.
Place the plywood and anchor it with the stake you installed in step 5. Place the anchor bolts and make sure that they are straight vertically and firmly position in the concrete. Allow the concrete dry for half to a day. Once the concrete is hard, remove the nuts from the anchor bolts and replace the plywood template by the lamppost basement.
Position the anchor bolts in the lamppost base. After that, attach the pole and the lamp to the pole. To the step 7, the work is done, but you have to check again how the lamppost works.
Complete an assessment as a whole to ensure everything is secure and safe. Then, use a trenching spade to create a narrow, inch-deep. When digging the posthole and trench, place the soil on top of a plastic tarp. That way, you won't bury the surrounding grass or plants, and the tarp will make it a whole lot easier to scrape the soil back into the hole and trench when it comes time to backfill.
Dry fit PVC conduit to reach from the house to the posthole. Where necessary, cut the pieces with a hacksaw. Attach elbows to bring the conduit away from the house and down into the trench, then up from the trench at the post. Connect the conduit pieces with PVC cement, making sure that all the elbows are oriented correctly.
Next, thread gauge UF-rated wire through the pipe. Leave 9 feet extra at the post location and enough extra at the house to reach through the walls and to the breaker box. Lay the pipe, with the wiring inside, in the trench, then backfill with soil. Mix a batch of concrete in a trough or wheelbarrow, one bag at a time. Keep the mix stiff not too much water to help support the post and shorten the set time. The concrete should hold its shape, but jiggle a little when jostled. Shovel the concrete into the posthole atop the gravel, being careful not to get any into the conduit or on the wires.
Fill the hole to grade or just below it, leaving about 6 inches of conduit exposed. Using a concrete float or a piece of scrap wood, smooth the top of the footing.
Tip: Use your shovel to chop gently at the concrete as you fill the hole, which will help eliminate air pockets. Working carefully but quickly, lay the post next to the hole and pull the wires through it from bottom to top. With the concrete still wet, slide the shaft of the post over the conduit and 12 inches into the concrete, making sure the wires still protrude from the top of the post. Twist the post as you put downward pressure on it to work it into the concrete.
Tip: Before setting the post, mark it with a pencil 12 inches up from its bottom so you'll know how deep to plant it in the concrete. Wrap two or three straps or ropes around the post and stake them into the ground a few feet away, which will brace the post by pulling it in opposing directions. Hold a level vertically against the post in several spots around its circumference to check it for plumb. Adjust the straps attached to the lamppost, as necessary, to securely hold the post in position.
Allow the concrete to harden completely before removing the straps—at least four hours. Once the concrete is hard enough to hold the post without straps, use a utility knife to carefully peel away 3 inches of the gray insulation from the UF cable coming out of the post to reveal the three wires encased in it: white, black, and a bare copper or green ground. These correspond to like-colored wires on the lantern. Pair the wires from the lantern to those from the post, matching white to white, black to black, and bare copper to bare copper or green.
Twist on wire nuts to hold the pairs together. Slide the lantern onto the post and tighten its set screws to secure it. Have a licensed electrician connect the wires to the breaker box and install a switch in a convenient location. Cookie banner We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from.
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