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🎄Looking to get in the Holiday Mood? I don't have any particular security advice in this video outside my fancy PII editing. This simple project will let you bring Holiday Cheer to your neighborhood with 3/4" PVC Pipes and Christmas Lights.
Each arch uses:
❄️2 - 10' 3/4" PVC PIpes
❄️1 - 3/4" straight connector
❄️2 - 1/2" x 1'
❄️20' of lights = 5' to get to the next arch
Fun Fact: We now have 8 (I think as it keeps growing) neighbors in Park Ridge, IL, with arches and a buddy of mine out in Barrington, IL. Would be cool to see a few pop up out of state or out of the country!
If you set up arches, make sure to share a picture below👇!
Have a cool Holiday DIY, make sure to share as well. I'm always looking to up my Super Dad Craftsman skills.
You can connect with me Brian Krause @: / briankrause
Make sure to subscribe to the channel if you like what I'm up to.
Christmas Decorations 2023

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@thomasabbott8974 11 месяцев назад

Loved your idea of the Christmas 🎄 holiday light tunnel for the Good season. Fm Tom uk 🇬🇧 😊

@SpazTheTaz 9 месяцев назад

great video. i have been seeing these everywhere in Chicago but couldnt figure out how they did now i do. thanks!

@judichristopher4604 11 месяцев назад

BEAUTIFUL "BRAVO"

@maggief1095 10 месяцев назад

That is so beautiful. ❤

@jodylebouton9436 11 месяцев назад

What fun they look like

@synister281 9 месяцев назад

Change that top connection to a plumbing union.

@adamw4020 9 месяцев назад

CUBS SUCK!!

@aguy1 10 месяцев назад

Can you use 1/2 inch PVC instead of 3/4 inch, or do you need to have it larger to account for the rebar anchor? Thanks.

@SecurityCraftsman 10 месяцев назад

I had a neighbor down the street use 1/2", which held up over the winter. AS for the rebar, not positive about that, Maybe go down a size if have to so it fits but that is easy enough to check out while at the hardware store.

@shawnamansfield4510 8 месяцев назад

We did this at our home in California where can I send pic or video?

@SecurityCraftsman 8 месяцев назад

That’s awesome to hear!!! Hit me up at moosekrause@yahoo.com

@Nychole3080 7 месяцев назад

Hoe much pvc for 1 arch for a 2 car width driveway do you think?

@securitymagician 7 месяцев назад

I’m thinking 4. You need to span about 25’ or so which but a 3 pipes and the 4 should give enough loft. I’d probably go a bit longer on rebar, maybe 18-24” so it is stable enough.

@rickibaron4816 10 месяцев назад

While I like your video, in some parts of the country (I live in Tucson) the sun makes all PVC useless after only one season out in the weather. The sun destroys PVC out here. Then here were I live we get lots of very high winds in the winter months. The wind also takes its toll on outside decorations. We also get lots of rain in the winter month. So all electrical things needs to be water tight and on ground fault plugs. Just wanted to let people know about these kinds of things.

@SecurityCraftsman 10 месяцев назад

That’s a really good point. I could totally see where PVC would get killed pretty quickly in your area compared to our couple hours of low in the horizon winter sun.

@stephenhujsa5050 11 месяцев назад

buy red tape or ribon and wrap the white poles to look like candy canes instead of stark white poles

@SecurityCraftsman 11 месяцев назад

That's a great idea. A roll or two of red electrical tape would probably do the trick nicely.

@TPizzle1980 9 месяцев назад

How far in between each arch? Ik its 27inches away from sidewalk but how far between each arch?

@SecurityCraftsman 9 месяцев назад

I lined it up on each side walk crack which is 5 feet.

@tonymooney8441 Год назад

Hey Brian, i like this idea but my problem is i do not have the soil to put rebar in on one side . I have concrete only. Do you have any ideas or solution to anchor something on the concrete side ? TIA

@SecurityCraftsman 11 месяцев назад

The easy way would be drill a hole that is about 1/2" and drop the rebar in. Chances are unless it is garbag concrete you won't want to do this. Another idea is to take long 2x2's and drill holes in that spaced every 5 feet. Then, throw sandbags over the 2x2 on either side of the PVC. I could see working well.

@zippome1059 11 месяцев назад

Can you try to add at the bottom some flowerpot with cement and a bar inside it?it will be heavy and also can be decorated

@donnagonzalez7657 9 месяцев назад

Hey Brian I’m having problems with how much lights to get what lights did you use and how many feet per box please, and thank you!

@SecurityCraftsman 9 месяцев назад

I used 8 100 light strings. Just the cheap-o ones from Home Depot. They are 22’ long. Figure each arch is 20’ long and then 5’ between each arch.

@donnagonzalez7657 9 месяцев назад

Thank you, i appreciate you taking the time to answer my question we have ours up even added one and I added ribbon to make it look like candy canes just need lights!!!!

@SecurityCraftsman 9 месяцев назад

@@donnagonzalez7657 Awesome!! I'm sure the candy cane ribbon sounds like a cool touch.

@donnagonzalez7657 9 месяцев назад

It was a success I’m absolutely obsessed with my arches we ended up adding one more! Thank you so very much!

@jonatanhernandez4840 11 месяцев назад

Make sure to get SDR not Schedule 40 pipe. I learned the hard way

@chadrayl9648 11 месяцев назад

What is SDR?

@SecurityCraftsman 11 месяцев назад

I checked my pipes this morning, and they were all schedule 40. I've set them up in really cold weather and had no issues. We're your 3/4"? Also, was it full 10' sticks? How far apart were they? It's just that I've gotten 8 or 10 other houses on the block to do them (we're in the Chicago area), and no issues with breaking. Sometimes I'll see someone not push the pipe in the connector far enough, and that will round the end over so it won't old. You just cut an inch off to get rid of the messed-up end, and then it works again.

@darrenosullivan6247 9 месяцев назад

The rebar looks 2 small if it's windy they will blow down

@SecurityCraftsman 9 месяцев назад

It's made it through several Chicago winters now. We are the windy city :) (Yes, I know because of politicians). When I first did this, I used the green garden stakes that looked like rebar. They are a metal tube with a plastic coating, I thought they were some sort of fiberglass rod for some reason. Those mostly worked but would break sometimes.

@chadrayl9648 11 месяцев назад

Are those sch 40?

@SecurityCraftsman 11 месяцев назад

Just regular sch 40.