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I always like the look of yard lights, like the way Philips hue advertises their yard lights on their website. having garden beds, trees, and the fence line lit up would be cool.
Definitely go with Sonos! You could go with an outdoor set on the walls and beam or arc soundbar for the tv. Also the move or roam for a portable option. Great home assistant plugin support too! PS - if you need any landscaping help hit me up, I’ll design you something nice and low maintenance ;)
Does the Sonos play through the Air Play or is it through Bluetooth? I want to keep the Home pod in the living room and have it play the outdoor speakers at the same time. Is that possible?
great job on the new patio. liked that you included some of the construction and explained the wiring. and of course the smart home gadgets were pretty cool.
Curious as to why the joists are parallel to the house and the deck boards are perpendicular to the house instead of the other way around. I don’t have my covered patio finished yet but around our pool I have the Sonance landscape speakers powered by Sonos amp. Once the covered patio is finished there will be Sonos speakers in the ceiling and if we’re in the pool I can have the landscape speakers playing whatever is on the projector. The one thing I will say about Sonos though is whenever I had my inside Sonos speakers set up in HomeKit they always would mess up. After reading a lot of online forums I decided to delete them from HomeKit and factory reset all of them and not add them back into HomeKit. They’ve been flawless ever since.
Shane if you don't mind sharing, what was the cost of the screened porch, before you factor in the tech. I realize we probably live in different states but I really love the size and style layout. I've been wanting to do the exact same thing to my house.
8:30 The benefit of having a dedicated HomePod/Apple TV for any specific area is that you only need to use the command “turn on/off the tv”. I like that feature. Now if they can develop a smart drone or laser skeeter killer!! Great setup Shane. I remember your earlier video of you installing smart lights over the old deck so this is definitely a step up. Enjoy the new space. ❤️💪😎👍❤️
Great point for going with HomePod. My idea was actually doing Sonos, one of their portable models as you can take it to other areas of the yard if desired. And went on the porch leave it on its charging stand. We do this at home. I ended up adding a second roam because inevitably, the one on the porch seems to end up in other places as people use them. My complaint with the HomePod is Apple recommends liming it to six or else they get glitchy. I’m at my six since I’m in a very large house.
I’ve got drip irrigation ran to the hanging baskets on my porch as well as my front flowerbed and those are controlled with the Eve aqua. All of the neighbors comment on my plants every year because they get so huge with perfect consistent watering.
This was a great video where we benefited from your foresight to document your progress along the way. I agree that the TV cabinet is easily the center point for the enclosed porch. As a touch of motivation, yes, I would love to see how the Nanoleaf lights work in your new backyard. One simple recommendation: put an Eve Smartplug on the TV to see if it’s bleeding electrical use when the TV is off. I’ve added them to most of my home A/V equipment for that reason. Flic buttons and simple scenes control the set of plugs in each room so that’s it’s simple to turn them all on or off. With the TV being brand new and with Home connectivity, maybe they have better downtime electrical use management but that Eve plus will help you find out! Your new backyard looks awesome. Congratulations on finishing this and thanks for inspiring us!
Hey Shane! Awesome setup you got there. Speaker-wise, I’d say Sonos even more so since they have a portable subwoofer now. They are one of the few items which have not given me a hard time after 5 years. Cheers!
9:40: What do I think? I think the Govee light strip would be distracting while watching TV. You should move it to the inside front of the box so it lights from the bottom but you don't see the flashing light strip in the background. 🤔
Get a pair of Sonos speakers for stereo. I have had OG Sonos Play:1s mounted on my covered (roof only, open sides) deck for 10 years in the Pacific NW, and they have been great. Of course, now One/One SL or Era 100s will give you voice control and AirPlay. I recently added a Lifx light string to another part of the deck, not the matter one but HomeKit. I think it will work out great and doesn't disappear from my network like my Tuya stuff.
Looks nice! It’ll be interesting to see how well everything holds up after a few years outside. Are you planning to paint the patio shelter frame, or did you just water seal it? Any concerns about the screens holding up to wind?
Amazing set up. Maybe some external small fans that can hook up to the sides of the porch with some smart plugs should be helpful for those hot summers.
It looks like your solar chargers for your blinds on the inside of your house next to the new covered patio are now "covered" up and won't be getting much light. What are your plans for those now? Could you have not run regular power to them while you were doing the electrical on the deck? Seeing your video, I think a new grill may be in my future.
Good eye! Unfortunately a couple of those Switchbot Blind Tilt solar panels on the inside of the house now don't get enough sun. So I will just have to charge them the old fashioned way and plug them in every so often. I don't expect to have to charge them more than a couple times a year.
I did a whole video installing Smart Wings shades indoors a while ago. You can find it here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1GTjqAjlRF4.html Installation is about the same, minus the cables for the outdoor shades.
Maybe you didn't realize you were watching a tech channel.... I know, the internet is hard. Lots of buttons. You should redirect your hate towards the kids on your lawn. 🤣 But hey, thanks for the comment!
Thanks for watching! Yes, I'm using contact sensors on the gate that I weatherproofed. Full video on that here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4WY4aNWQcrc.html
All I can say is . . . . . Effing awesome! You can never have too many outlets 😂. The shades with anchor wires are absolutely clutch. Definitely use your energy to hang those new outdoor nanoleaf string lights, those are nice. I love the Govee pro outdoor lights . . . . But not there. Did you test a rope light? Another job well done Shane!
@@user-is7es My wife actually works full time. I also worked full time, while building my RU-vid channel for the past five years, until I was able to leave this year. 😉
That would be cool but I think I'd like some weatherproof speakers that can live outside of that cabinet. Lots of times I'll listen to music and not have a need to bring the tv out.
@@ShaneCreates Thanks. I know it sounds strange but, I pick up too. And somehow manage to miss some in my thick lawn. And when I run over it with the mower wheel, it tends to cake up the wheel and make a mess. Don't get me started on the time I set the robo vac to clean while we weren't home and one of the dogs had an accident in the kitchen. It ran over it ok. But then tracked it into the living and dining rooms. What an absolute, smelly mess!
e cigar? No. Just a regular old fashioned cigar. That's one of the few places I'll leave the tech out of it 😅. Although my lighter does have an AirTag in it. 😃
I do have a smart lock on the back door. I’ve used a Level lock there and currently testing out the SwitchBot Lock Pro on that door. I didn’t feel I needed built in speakers in the ceiling. Thought about it, but it wasn’t the highest on the list when considering the project budget and timeframe. Would probably rather have something portable that I can move around some.
You need to get some paint on those boards on the inside bro. It looks great, but honestly it looks unfinished without covering those. I know you won’t be offended by me pointing that out. Nice job though.😊
Thanks John. Was told not to paint or seal those up as it wouldn’t be good for them over time. The outsides are covered so they are white and looks more finished from the outside.
@@ShaneCreatesI get it, I hope you don’t think I was a dick for saying something. You could always put trim on top of them. Just trying to help, haha, maybe I shouldn’t open my mouth.
@@johnsills1 haha no man, I'm always open to suggestions and even criticism. That's the only way to learn. I'm no expert in that area. Just going with what the builders told me because I did ask about that. They did a really good job I think, so I assume they know what's best. I just want it to last as long as possible.
I would consider that, but I would not want to keep HomePods outside permanently. It’s a screened in porch, not a fully enclosed room, so it’s still susceptible to rain, humidity, heat, etc. I would need something that can handle the elements.
I would consider that, but I would not want to keep HomePods outside permanently. It’s a screened in porch, not a fully enclosed room, so it’s still susceptible to rain, humidity, heat, etc. I would need something that can handle the elements.
@@ShaneCreates Didn’t take that fact into consideration that the area is still exposed to the elements. Would’ve been a nice setup if they could’ve been stored and mounted somehow on your outdoor TV riser box. I think the only fully outdoor rated system would be Sonos.
@@graemequinn3710 Yea that's why Sonos is what came to mind for me also. I have seen some other nice outdoor systems recently that also support AirPlay, so maybe I'll look around.
Looks awesome. Happy for you guys. PLEASE hit that space with some good audio though! You can do Sonos if you want, have surround sound for your tv, whatever you feel like cuz there are a million ways to skin that cat. But being able to fire up some loud party music is definitely necessary.
