Hello, I did a wall switch dimmer. Really, I never use the dimmer part. We built this just as it was getting hot here in Phoenix. They temps just started dropping so we are about to finally be able to start sitting outside again. So excited.

@@PlantBasedDadsYou mentioned using a wall switch dimmer in your comments above. Where is it located?

It really is!

Matt, those lights were too good of a deal to pass up. We have stopped uploading DIY videos to this channel. It's going to be just food episodes now. We have a new DIY channel. I recently did a video on that channel (DIY Project Guys) where I put up a privacy wall on the gazebo. It came our really nice. Check it out: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q6qBn6t7r87GqIk.html

Thanks so much for watching.

Jeff, I hate paying people to do stuff cause I'm cheap. Thats why I so handy. HA!

Did you only need that one box?

So cool! The power of Coscto!

Hi Stacey. Thats's awesome! I couldn't wait to get the structure up so I could do the lights and fan and all that fun stuff. I am thinking about creating a free standing wall/partition made of wood to block out the neighbor on the back side. I want it to be wood and weatherproof so I can hang outside artwork and light sconces on it but don't want to attach it to the structure. I will have to put some kind of feet on it or something. Stay tuned!! HA!

Thanks. Its too hot to be outside now, but come October, we are totally hanging out there.

@@PlantBasedDads Then you really have a hot weather now. Where I live it's nice and warm outside ☺️

Post photos. I love seeing them. Thanks so much for watching

Thank you! 😊

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I have sent this info out to other people. Email me at plantbaseddads@gmail.com and ill paste all the info I have into an email to you.

Thanks so much!

@@PlantBasedDads thank for the video. My electric outlet is a bit further from the pergola. What solutions should I look for to get these lights installed? I think I might need to get an electrician to come out.

Hmmmm. That is strange. Mine went all the way around AND had to be tucked in at the end because it overlapped the starting bulb.

Thanks so much. It was a tight fit since we don't have much yard, but we are so excited to have it.

Ha! Thats a really good way to think about it.

Thanks 👍 Thanks so much for watching.

Thanks so much for watching. The ceiling fan is nice for sure. I have a video on just the electrical on this thing coming out in a week or two.

We really love it. Thanks so much for watching.

I'm wondering the same

Thanks so much for watching.

It really is!

It really adds some ambiance to the back patio. I didn't want a big yard but I did want a cover over the patio and we didn't get that with this house. When I saw this at Coscto, I knew it was the answer.

I did a ceiling fan video for this gazebo that shows all that

Hello. I did a whole video on the fan and there is a link in the description below that video on where to buy it. Check out that video right here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/osuFo5Wnr8DKm4E.html

Hi Zach. That is actually a weatherproof seal on that box cover. At the time that was the best thing I could put together standing in the Aisle at Home Depot during the beginning of the COVID thing. I agree with you.

Hi Jeff. I wish I had done a parts list for this. I had no idea anyone would ask me that and of course thats the first thing people ask because so many people purchased this thing from Costco and they all want to do a fan and lights, right? So I purchased all the parts at Home Depot. The "in-use" box and all the other parts were grey. I spray painted all of them. Home Depot does sell in-use boxes that are bronze or black, but they were out of them. I did this right after quarantine started so there were a lot of empty shelves at the stores. As far as everything else I purchased, I got 50 feet of of 3 wire off the rolls where you pay by the foot. I also got 50 feet of plastic grey electrical conduit, PVC glue and a lot of fittings. I got a ceiling fan box for the fan to mount to the top of the gazebo. I got some plastic "U" clips that you put around the conduit to nail it to the beams. I got an outdoor switch box with cover to be able to turn the fan on and off without pulling the chain. and then I also got an outdoor junction box to convert the wiring from the fan to half of an outdoor extension cord (which I purchased) so I could just literally plug it into the outdoor outlet. Email me at plantbaseddads@gmail.com if you need me to take photos of any of the parts I got. Not sure if you saw the fan video, but that one shows a lot of what I did. Check that video out too. Good luck with it. We just ordered a patio set for this thing and when It arrived, we are going to do a video that too. Just waiting for the triple digit temps to fade here in Phoenix.

This is still my favorite room in the house.

I installed an outdoor outlet box with cover and conduit and ran it to the existing light fixture outside the house which I removed. At the house, I just connected the hot(black) wires together and the common(white) wires together. I also connected the green/bare (ground) wires together. So now, when I turn on the switching inside the house that used to turn on that old outside light fixture, it turns on the new outlet box and anything that is plugged into it. I recommend calling an electrician if it gets too complicated. My guy was too busy to come do this for me and with quarantine, I wanted to finish this and get to the next project. I am on vacation now, but I will see if I have any phots when I get home to send you.

@@PlantBasedDads much appreciated, thank you very much

They were just screws I had laying around from an old project. No longer than inch and a quarter at the most. I would just do the length of the opening plus 1/4 inch.

Thanks so much

Are you building a Murphy bed too? HA! That is one of our upcoming projects. I hate the idea of using one of the bedroom for a guest room that gets used once or twice a year, so we are adding a Murphy bed to the home gym room. So much more coming up on the DIY stuff. Hey did you notice the new intro for the DIY episodes?

@@PlantBasedDads Haha! We will actually have 4 bedrooms in our new house (2 up and 2 down) so we won't need a Murphy bed. It's waaaay to many rooms for us, but we scooped up the house for the reno potential. I 100% agree with you though, our last 2 places have been 2 bedrooms and having a bed that never gets used in them was a waste of space. Looking forward to more of your DIY videos. And heck yes I noticed that new intro, super cute!!

I forgot to answer your other question. No, the screws didn't come with it. We had some laying around from some other project that fit.

@@PlantBasedDads Thanks for the update!

I did not put a TV on this gazebo. We dont own a TV at our home.

Thanks. I love to cook but I also love anything DIY.

The clamps are part of the light string assembly

Hi Jason. I am on vacation until July 7th. When I get back, I will put that list together and post it here for you. It was all just simple conduit stuff I got at Home Depot but I did have a plan and a list going into it for sure

Awesome thank you

I just used GFCI outlets in a weather proof outlet box.

I purchased some black clips that wrap around the wire and that have screw holes so i could secure the wiring to the inside of the gazebo. That worked out well. Thanks so much for watching.

I think that would work but it would mean a lot of them. But that should work. Try to get someone to hold the string off lights so the weight is off the hooks for the first like 10 hooks. Once you have enough hooks up, the weight should start distributing evenly so the entire weight of all those lights isn't on the first or second hook that you install. Good luck.

I have a whole video on the Fan. check it out.

That fan is powered from out outlet against the house outside. Email me and ill send you all the photos from the job. diyprojectguys@gmail.com

Patrick. Email me at plantbaseddads@gmail.com and ill send you photos of all the parts I used and how I installed them. I did this for a few other people already so I can just forward the whole thing to you too.

@@PlantBasedDads me too please!

All the screws for this thing came with the gazebo.

Hi Matt. I just used screw I had laying around. They have to to though that rubber grommet on each light so I would think 1 inch screws would be great. Are you doing a dimmer switch for the lights? They are dimmable.

Plant Based Dads, no lol I just did a straight switch from the inside. And I used 1.25” screws, worked great!!

Moe, I have still not secured it. And, it hasn't moved since I built it over a year ago. But it does come with all the brackets to secure it. Thanks so much for watching.

Hello. I didn't use a nail gun on this project. I used a Dewalt battery cordless screwdriver. There is a link in the video description that has the exact one. Thanks so much for watching.

I just used some screws with heads on them that I had laying around from other projects. They don't have to be very long, maybe 1inch at the most.

Hi Billy bob, we just got a really good downpour last week. The rain was actually blowing sideways and everting inside the gazebo got wet. The sliding glass door took a lot of water but really it was mostly from the wind blowing it around. Once the wind slowed down, the water from the gazebo came down between the gazebo and the house and didn't really smash into the glass door. Our gazebo is about 8 inches from the house. I am going to put some gutters on the gazebo once the summer is gone but right now its just too hot. Not sure if that answers your question or not. We did not have any rain come into the house through the glass door in any way.

@@PlantBasedDads Yes, thanks for your reply. I was thinking the same thing about rain gutters on the gazebo.

As far as we know, they only come in the 48ft size.

@@PlantBasedDads Yeah that's what we found out, we'll probably have to buy two 48 footers and use the excess for the inside of the gazebo. One other question PBD, my wife wants the bright white bulbs instead of the yellow dim bulbs, how do you know the difference when you buy them?

Ceiling fan remote kits have small white switches on the part that goes into the ceiling where you can change the remote signal frequency in case you have more than one of the same switch in a small area. Look at the manual for that remote kit. That can be changed.

Just 1 box of string lights from Costco. Thanks so much for watching.

The lights come with these holes in them to put screws in. So we just go screws big enough to go into the wood 1/2 inch. We started the strand at the outlet with the first light next to the outlet, and then it fit exactly all the way around to the other side with one box of lights.

@@PlantBasedDads Thank you for the quick response.

How many boxes of 48 feet lights did you use for a 12x14 gazebo?

Hi Russell. I capped off the light fixture that was on the house and ran the wired into an outlet box that I installed in the upper part of the gazebo. Since the light fixture that was originally there was attached to a wall switch, the outlet is also switched so I can turn the lights on and off from inside the house.

Adam, I have a separate video where it shows me installing the fan on the gazebo. In the description below that video is all the info for that fan and where I got it and all that. Check that video out. Thanks so much for watching.

@@PlantBasedDads yep I since found that video, bought and installed the same fan thanks

So far, so good. Its been 2 years.

Yes. I have them connected to the original outdoor light fixture box and on the inside of the house, where the light switch is for that old fixture, I have a dimmer switch. Works great. I did look them up online first to make sure they were dimmable before I purchased them. We love these lights.

@@PlantBasedDads I looked these up online and it says these LED string lights are not dimmable. Do you remember the model since I don't want to get the Feit non-dimmable ones. I think Home Depot has them.

lupe perez if you plug them into a different outlet in the house do they light up?

lupe perez and make sure all the bulbs are screw in till they stop. Check every bulb. I had to do that too

I purchased them at Costco. It was 49.00 and its a box of about 50 lights I think. Your local Costco will have them. Thanks so much for watching.

Thanks! Thanks so much for watching.

Kip, we have not anchored it down yet. Going to do a whole video on that since we had to raise it up on three of the posts to get it level due to the dip in the slab for drainage

I uses some screws that were about 1 inch long. But I do like the idea of the hooks too. Mine are permanently screwed in. Thanks so much for watching.