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Some weather delays so I have been working on landscaping ideas and come up with something like this:

The idea is a rock garden with little to no maintence.

The concern is when it rains do you think blocking the path all the way to my back house patio will cause issue? Backyard has never flooded but with all these added obstacles I worry about it.

Picture of current landscape for reference:

Seems like it probably would.

For rock patches you seem to generally need some sort of drainage plan. In a heavy rain that overruns your gutters you'll have water coming off the roof and falling directly into the rock garden.

They have that cheap ass black plastic corrogated piping. Maybe just bury some of that under the rocks to create some sort of drainage? And run it over to where ever your gutters drain out.

You could do it without that, too, but you'd have to dig small ditches. It seems like either way you'll have to maintain it ever couple of years. Water coming off of the back side of that shed at least looks like it will create a pond.

OTOH it doesn't look like you get very heavy rain right in that spot, judging from the ground. So maybe it's an unecessary precaution.

neighbors yard +1.

See, that's the difference between an amateur and a professional. Big P always thinking one step ahead. This week, I have this job. Two months from now I'll have another!

I am working to put in a drop ceiling in my basement renovation and we have chosen to do a Deep Coffer drop ceiling from Armstrong.

Here's the product: Deep Coffer Black Easy Elegance Coffered Black 2' x 2' Panel 1280BLBXA by Armstrong

I am having difficulty figuring out how to do lighting in the drop ceiling. I have 6" recessed cans for new construction that secure to the drop ceiling grid, but they have no room in their design to allow for the 2" coffer in these panels. Anyone know what type of lighting I should use to secure to the grid while still allowing for coffer space?

Wiring them to the joists makes sense and seems a good idea to bolster the sag.

I don't think it handles my problem, however. The 4" or 6" both connect to the grid system and sit just above it, likely touching a traditional ceiling title/panel that sits within the grid.

My ceiling tiles are coffered, meaning they have a depth of ~2" above the grid when installed. Accordingly, there is no room for a light housing to span the grid as the coffered tile is in the way.

Yeah ... that makes sense now, thanks. I hadn't considered remodel housing as I thought they were mostly for drywall ... but the idea of putting it into the tile and attaching it to the joist makes sense. Do you know if this jives with most codes?

Hatorade said:

Some weather delays so I have been working on landscaping ideas and come up with something like this:
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The idea is a rock garden with little to no maintence.

The concern is when it rains do you think blocking the path all the way to my back house patio will cause issue? Backyard has never flooded but with all these added obstacles I worry about it.

Picture of current landscape for reference:
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Speaking of rock gardens, does anyone know a good way to prevent weeds in them?

I haven't done it yet, but eventually I'll be xeriscaping my front yard because I'm tired of mowing the lawn there (will keep the back). But I don't want to have to pick weeds out of rocks every year that inevitably build up when the dirt starts accumulating.

Gravel said:

Speaking of rock gardens, does anyone know a good way to prevent weeds in them?

I haven't done it yet, but eventually I'll be xeriscaping my front yard because I'm tired of mowing the lawn there (will keep the back). But I don't want to have to pick weeds out of rocks every year that inevitably build up when the dirt starts accumulating.

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I plan to use a weed barrier, pretty sure that does what it says.