Outdoor Landscape Lighting Installation: A Practical Guide for Homeowners|Planning a Landscape Lighting Installation

Start with what you want to see

Where roofline lighting handles the house, landscape lighting takes care of the yard: paths, garden beds, trees and stairs. The goal is light you see the effect of, not fixtures you count. Done badly, you get a line of glowing dots along the path and not much else.

The pieces of a plan

Most plans start with the walk, because that is the part you use whether or not anybody is looking. A well placed uplight keeps the yard from going flat and black at nine at night. Then there are beds and low plantings, steps and retaining walls where the light is really about not tripping, and the parking area.

Landscape, patio and security lighting are related jobs

Homeowners rarely want one category. Out back, the patio only gets used after dark if it has light. Security lighting covers the dark corners, the side yard, the area behind the garage. Accent lighting highlights the parts of the house or yard worth a second look.

What to avoid

The most common mistake is volume. Even light everywhere kills the contrast that makes it look good. The second mistake is glare, so the path lights blind you instead of showing the path. The third is forgetting that plants grow, when the shrub in front of the uplight has doubled.

Commercial grounds lighting

On commercial property the brief changes. A restaurant patio needs light people want to sit under. Parking and walkways are a footing and visibility question. A neighborhood entrance is about the first impression of the whole community, which is why entry lighting gets attention in planned developments.

Landscape lighting and roofline lighting in one plan

Roofline lighting works on the house. Landscape lighting handles everything else. Together they finish the picture. The house has an outline; the ground has layers. Either one alone leaves half the property flat.A single design avoids a mismatched result, which is what happens when two companies work the same property in different years. If the budget only covers one this year, ask https://andremvkc953.northcrestbrief.com/posts/permanent-holiday-lighting-what-they-do-the-other-eleven-months-are-permanent-holiday-lights-worth-it-here-is-what-to-weigh which half does more for your property, and the answer is not always the house.Unlike a roofline system, yard lighting moves. Mowers, growing shrubs and time nudge fixtures out of position. Once a year somebody should re aim what has drifted, which is a short job with a visible result.

Getting it installed properly

A landscape lighting installation should be designed at the property, at night if you can. EverCrest Lighting does landscape lighting installation as well as patio, accent, security and permanent LED roofline lighting for residential and commercial properties. They are based in Greenville, South Carolina and serve Upstate South Carolina and Western North Carolina. Consultations are free, and the design gets built around your yard. Call (864) 252-1732 or email [email protected].

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