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May 19th, 2023 Captain Matt here and I wanted to show you something that I love to do on the white PVC fences. If you're in lighting you know how hard they can be to light because they're so reflective. What I love to do is put an up and down light at about eye level, this way there's no glare. You'll also light up the space under the fence and if there are any trees above the fence you'll light those up too. https://barefootlighting.com/?p=2674
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What are we going to do? We Didn't Leave Enough Wire? Captain Matt here, just wanted to share a tip I learned. When we installed these lights we didn't leave enough wire, we typically leave three to five feet at each light. For whatever reason at this section we didn't leave any extra, so over the course of the last year the wire has come loose. You can see there is too much tension, all I'm doing is cutting these wires and adding a little extender piece and adding about four feet of wire. This will give us a lot of room to hide this wire correctly. https://barefootlighting.com/?p=2671
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Cleaning White Landscape Lighting Fixtures Captain Matt here talking more about maintenance. As you can see this is a white light on this gorgeous white fence, and it's gotten dirty from the elements. All I'm using is a rag with a little bit of water on it to clean this fixture off. We do this every time we do a maintenance visit which is once or twice a year. Seems simple but it does make a huge difference! https://barefootlighting.com/?p=2668
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Josh and Brent the Beekman Boys React to a Captain Matt Original Design at the Beekman Farm Captain Matt here, we did a huge installation for Josh and Brent at their farm house in Schoharie county. I wanted to share their reaction with you guys. Lighting up a property this big was a great opportunity and we had a lot of fun doing it. Let me know what you guys think! https://barefootlighting.com/?p=2665
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I love the effects this lighting has. Lights For Fountains During Spring Maintenance. Captain Matt here doing some spring maintenance. There's a fountain here with in ground lights around it, they're called Mariners. There are also lights inside the fountain, and I love the effect all these different lights have on the fountain. It looks amazing at night! https://barefootlighting.com/?p=2654
Quality is Remembered Long After Price is Forgotten. Captain Matt here, I want to talk about the phrase "quality is remembered ling after price is forgotten" a little bit. I was talking to a client recently and they got a quote from someone else that was lower than mine, so I said that phrase to them. If you're shopping for landscape lighting by price then we probably aren't for you. I use high quality, American made fixtures, and our quality of service is amazing before, during, and after the install. Our reputation is everything to us, ask around! https://barefootlighting.com/?p=2651
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Advanced Wire Hiding For Landscape Lighting  Captain Matt here, I'm doing a Gemstone light installation. I just wanted to show you something we do on all of our projects is wire hiding. Obviously if you have lights on your roof you need wiring, so I'm going to show you how we hide wires on roofs. Let me know what you think! https://barefootlighting.com/?p=2648