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How to Install an Outdoor
Electrical Outlet
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Outdoor GFCI outlet
mounting tree stump
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Garden landscaping ideas - Electrical wiring - Front
entrance ideas - Tree stumps - Backyard decorating ideas |
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Idea to decorate and
bring power anywhere in your garden |
Electrical outlets are very useful in a garden.
Whether it's to plug the gardening tools, pond
pump or an extension cord for the block heater
in cold winter or anything, they provide great
services to their users.
Gardening USA presents a project about
installing a decorative stump support for an
outdoor electrical GFCI outlet.
For greater safety, useful and a good idea for
decorating and landscaping a spot in your
garden!
Idea to bring some rustic charm to your main
entrance! |
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Idea for decorating your garden and tips for
installing an outdoor GFCI electrical outlet in
your backyard |
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Cedar stumps |
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How to Choose a Nice Stump
No rot cedar tree
stump |
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Tree stump as an
outdoor outlet post
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Use an old 60 inches
(diameter) cedar tree stump.
This tall tree trunk will be used as a support
or post for an outdoor electrical outlet. |
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Means for moving an heavy cedar stump |
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How to Decorate with Tree Stump
Garden Landscaping
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Tree stump as an
outdoor outlet post
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| To move a heavy log,
put logs under it and push it to the spot of
stump installation. |
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Remove the bark from the tree stump |
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Removing the Bark
Thing to do with tree
stump |
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Tree stump as an
outdoor outlet post
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| Remove the bark from
the tree stump to improve its resistance to
rotting. |
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Coal tar pitch |
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Protect the Base of a Tree Stump
Preserving wood
underground |
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Tree stump as an
outdoor outlet post
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| Get tar from an
hardware store to protect the buried base of
your tree trunk. It will be used as a
decorative post for fixing an outdoor electrical
outlet on it. |
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Tree stump in place |
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Main Entrance Decorating Idea
Install a tree stump
as outlet post |
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Tree stump as an
outdoor outlet post
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Set the piece of wood
to the desired location and do some tests for
stability and position.
Plan to install it close to the underground
electric wire which will bring the electricity
to the outside outlet from an electrical panel
or a near electrical box. |
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Outdoor outlet work area |
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Garden Art
Wooden sculptures
ideas |
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Tree stump as an
outdoor outlet post
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| If you opt to add
pavers, remove the stump and excavate the
installation spot by at least one foot of depth. |
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Protect a tree stump end from rotting |
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How to Protect a tree stump end from Rotting in
the Ground
Spread coal tar pitch |
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Tree stump as an
outdoor outlet post
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| After leveling the base
of the tree trunk with a chainsaw, apply tar to
the end that will be buried. |
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Preparing the bed and finishing cut |
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Install a Decorative Outlet Post
Way to bring
electricity to garden |
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Tree stump as an
outdoor outlet post
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| Cut a landscape fabric
piece to control weeds and improve water
drainage. |
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