How To Install Decking Lights

What is Undermount Lighting for a Deck?

By adding undermount lighting, it can provide light for the deck but also illuminate where you might be walking. They are also very easy to conceal. Heath goes through the process of installing waterproof strip lights and shows how you can make them last longer in the outdoors. By using mounting channels to put the lights in and heat shrink tubes to protect wire connections, he shows how to protect the lights from the elements.

Steps for Installing Deck Rail Lighting

In just a few hours and for a few hundred bucks, Heath shows how you can transform your deck into a space you’ll always be happy to come home to.

How to Add a Little Mood Lighting to Your Deck

Resources

Heath installed sections of 3’ White LED Landscape Strip Light—12VAC—1P67 Waterproof, which is manufactured by SuperBrightLEDs. Before buying, Heath suggests confirming that the lights are UL rated. The other tools and materials required to install the lights, including the landscape wiring and pliers, can be found at home centers.

Materials

LED waterproof strip lights Mounting track Alcohol wipes Landscape wiring Brass barrel connectors Shrink tube

Tools