driveway lighting

[sellers]

I have to quote to install 2 lots of decking up lights, pond pump and lights and 5 driveway up lights

My concerns are the driveway lights, has anyone fitted these round up lights into indian stone before? also i imagine they wont be able to take 2 armoureds? and do they do 12v ones, would it be allowable to wire 12v lights in flex burried?

 

[Megaohm7]

What type of lights for the drive mate. I'm not familiar with Indian stone either. This might dictate to you the type of light fitting suitable for the driveway.

 

[Evans Electric]

The only ones I have done came with the flex fitted and sealed in. 240V wired in SWA to a galv tee box as near as possile to the fitting . We fed some PVC conduit over the flex as far as possible .

Not sure what indian stone is either,

 

[russ9898]

Indian stone...

 

[sellers]

My front gardens Indian StoneIt's well 'ard!

Drilled 4 fixings in it for a bike stand, flattened my 18V dewalt after 2 holes.....

Thanks canoe

'drilling of stone for fittings to be done by driveway contractor or other'

 

[Badger]

jut make sure he fully charges all 10 of his batteries then :slap

 

[Megaohm7]

I'd be nervous of it cracking the stone when drilling but If someone else is doing it then you can rest easy. As for the difficulty of looping swa in fitting then it's going to be an adaptable box and take a feed to the fitting from that.

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Indian stone...

Cheers!! I've seen that at a lot of places but wouldn't of known that it was Indian stone

 

[nsbs]

I have drilled through this a few times for installing lights it

 

[Megaohm7]

I have drilled through this a few times for installing lights it

 

[vorsprung]

Ease the drill through gently is best approach, I did 10 x 50mm holes for lights in my garden patio / path and they went through ok....no breakages so I was chuffed!!

 

[Megaohm7]

Ease the drill through gently is best approach, I did 10 x 50mm holes for lights in my garden patio / path and they went through ok....no breakages so I was chuffed!!

Seems the best way then. nice and gentle does it!!

 

[Sidewinder]

Core drill?

 

[nsbs]

I would use a SDS and appropriate core. Make sure the drill is off hammer or the stone had a tendency to split.

 

[Stevie h]

Iv done a few in printed concrete and 1 in Indian stone , right pain , I do mine in armoured into a galve tee, then flex out to the fitting, the main problem being as I like the galve box acssesable this needs to go under the light , the depth of the light, galve box and armoureds means you have dig quite deep to get the lights to sit in.. I bought a small

core bit for the job , works well.