If you want a darker shade on the patio, the new favorite is mastic tree (Pistacia lentiscus) from the hottest and driest part of the Mediterranean. In back, I'd recommend a quartet of desert-adapted trees that will form a natural pergola, around a square or round or octagonal paved area. If you happen not to like cacti, there are hundreds and hundreds of other choices. Many prairie plants will also survive your conditions, and Mediterranean plants too. Then search the deserts of the world for a vast array of options. I'd start with a couple of trees in front, as almost all desert plants prefer dappled shade (counterintuitive, but true), and will thrive underneath them. It won't be the nonstop riot of color you think of, but you can get intermittent splashes of color most of the year. Believe me, I survived a move from Maine to Arizona! There is, in fact, no reason you can't do a lush British-style perennial border with xeriscape plants, unorthodox as that is. You likely will have to give up your favorite flowers, but don't worry, xeriscape offers many beauties that can become your new favorites.
#20 AMP OUTLET INSTALL#
Sould I install one of those KVAR units to save on my electric bills.JUST KIDDING !!!Īran, You've chosen a very northeastern-looking house in what seems to be a stucco neighborhood, and it does indeed call out for a lush and colorful landscape that runs against your climate and local watering restrictions. Have any of you pros seen wear issues from connecting/disconnecting 15A plugs on 20A outlets ? Should I spend twice as much to get the "lesser" 15A Decora outlets, even though my pitiful wiring will be upgraded anyway ?
Adding 20A outlets in every room would be overkill, but is it otherwise "wrong" ? I'm a little nuts to go through all this trouble to get red outlets. The only place "backstab" outlets should be installed is in a landfill. It's my own home so local BI will issue me a permit (he's done so in the past). However, a 15A single outlet needs a 15A breaker. A dual or quad 15A outlet can be fed from a 20A breaker. Using 20A breakers/wiring, or more breakers/homeruns will stop the nusance breaker trips.
#20 AMP OUTLET PLUS#
Some breakers trip from time to time because too many outlets are fed by a single breaker (iron + aircon or TV plus microwave). House panel is a 200A Square-D QO-series with plenty of room for more breakers. I also don't know if 20A outlets will "wear out" more quickly when plugging/unplugging only 15A plugs. I don't know if "standard" outlets are more durable than Decoras.
#20 AMP OUTLET UPGRADE#
Advantage: No need to upgrade wire or breakers right away with 15A units. The red Decoras come in either 15A or 20A. Disadvantage: Will have to upgrade wire and breaker on each new outlet right away. Advantage: half the price of Decora outlets.
I plan on upgrading to 12-2 and 20A breakers wherever these are installed no 20A outlets will go on a 15A circuit. These are NOT the isolated-ground orange ones. The "standard" red ones come only in 20A. My dilemma.should I go with the "standard" or Decora style? I really like some red outlets I've seen on a design website. Other than the bathroom, I want to change all of the two-outlet boxes to quads. I want to replace the whole lot with something "different".
Most of them (with exception of the bathroom and kitchen) are the "backstab" style.
#20 AMP OUTLET CRACKED#
A few are even cracked (not the outlet cover, but the face). Many of them are too loose to reliably accept a plug. The original contractor-grade electrical outlets in my home are in rough shape.
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