{"product_id":"longacre-painted-softwood-post-and-festoon-installation-five-post-40-metre","title":"Longacre Painted Softwood Post and Festoon Installation Five Post 40 Metre","description":"\u003cp\u003ePressure treated softwood, factory painted in a dark grey that disappears against planting. The cheapest way to get a festoon run up and good for about fifteen years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEverybody wants festoon lighting over a lawn and almost nobody has two walls in the right places. This is the answer: freestanding posts with proper ground anchors, a tensioned catenary between them and the festoon clipped to the wire. The posts are set in galvanised ground anchors rather than concreted in, which means they can be taken out and the lawn made good in an afternoon if you ever change your mind or move house. Every span is sized so the sag looks deliberate, and every post is cross braced at the head because a 40 metre run under tension pulls harder than people expect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 5 posts at 3.2m above ground, 40m total festoon run\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaterials: painted softwood posts, 3mm stainless catenary, rubber jacketed LED festoon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFinish: factory painted dark grey\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLight source: 40 x 1W LED festoon lamps at 1 metre centres\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLight output: about 3200 lumens total\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eColour temperature: 2700K very warm white\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBeam angle: 360 degrees, omnidirectional\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePower: 230V from a single outdoor socket, RCD protected\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIngress protection: IP65, jet proof, suitable for open garden use\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCable: 40m of festoon plus a 10m outdoor supply lead\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarranty: 5 years on the fitting, 2 years on the LED and driver\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSuits a medium lawn or a long terrace\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRigged height: 3.2 metres, above head height with the sag allowed for\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGround anchors: galvanised driven anchors, no concrete needed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSag: designed at 5 per cent of span, which is what looks right\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimmable on a trailing edge dimmer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDelivery: on a pallet, kerbside\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: approximately 128.0 kilograms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eIn the box\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5 x painted softwood posts, 3.6m long for 3.2m above ground\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5 x galvanised driven ground anchors with wedge bolts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e55m of 3mm stainless catenary wire\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10 x turnbuckles, wire rope grips and thimbles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e40m of rubber jacketed LED festoon with lamps fitted\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5 x spare lamps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10m outdoor supply lead with a moulded IP67 plug\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA setting out plan and a post spacing card\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eInstallation\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFestoon is heavier than it looks and the mistake everyone makes is hanging it off the cable itself. Run a stainless catenary wire between your fixing points, tension it with a turnbuckle until it is firm rather than tight, then clip the festoon to the wire every 500mm so the weight is carried by the wire and not by the cable cores. Allow a gentle sag of about 5 per cent of the span, both because it looks right and because it gives the wire somewhere to go on a cold night when everything contracts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhen to buy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGarden lighting is bought in spring and installed in a hurry. It is much easier to dig a cable run in February when the borders are bare and the ground is soft than in May when everything is in leaf and you are trying not to stand on it. Order in winter, get the cable in, and the first warm evening of the year is ready for you rather than a job list.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Longacre Festoon","offers":[{"title":"Clear polycarbonate, 2700K","offer_id":54963402244433,"sku":"GGS-PST-011-PC","price":1474.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Vintage glass filament, 2200K","offer_id":54963402277201,"sku":"GGS-PST-011-GL","price":1574.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Opal polycarbonate, 2700K","offer_id":54963402309969,"sku":"GGS-PST-011-OP","price":1524.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1079\/8832\/0593\/files\/Longacre_Painted_Softwood_Post_and_Festoon_Installation_Five_Post_40_Metre.jpg?v=1789049941","url":"https:\/\/gardenglowshop.com\/products\/longacre-painted-softwood-post-and-festoon-installation-five-post-40-metre","provider":"Garden Glow","version":"1.0","type":"link"}