Landscape Lighting Install, Where the Light Should Go|Planning a Landscape Lighting Installation: Start With the Yard You Have

Landscape lighting is a design problem before it is a shopping problem

Landscape lighting lights the yard rather than the building: walkways, beds, trees, steps, driveways, the path from the car to the door. The goal is to see the tree, not the light pointed at it. Done badly, you get a line of glowing dots along the path and not much else.

What a yard normally needs

Most plans start with the path to the door, because that is the part you use whether or not anybody is looking. A light aimed up into a tree gives the yard depth after sunset. Beds, stairs, retaining walls and the drive fill in the rest, and some of that is safety more than style.

Landscape, patio and security lighting overlap

Homeowners rarely want one category. Patio lighting is what turns a patio into somewhere you sit in the evening. Security lighting covers the dark corners, the side yard, the area behind the garage. Accent lighting is the finish work.

What to avoid

More light is not better. Even light across the whole yard kills the contrast that makes it look good. Badly aimed fixtures put light in your guests' eyes instead of on the ground. The third is ignoring how the yard will look in five years, since the bed in front of a fixture fills in.

Commercial grounds lighting

On commercial property the goals shift. A restaurant patio has to be comfortable to sit in after dark. A parking area is a safety question first. A neighborhood entrance is about the first impression of the whole community, which is why entrances get lit carefully.

How they work as one design

The two do different jobs and look better together. Roofline light gives the house a shape after dark, and the yard lighting gives the front of the property depth.Doing them in one plan beats adding https://jaidenmpzu397.trexgame.net/permanent-lighting-install-step-by-step-from-quote-to-switch-on-what-goes-into-a-permanent-lighting-installation one to the other later. If the budget has to be split, a good designer will tell you which half to do first, and the answer is not always the house.Unlike a roofline system, yard lighting moves. Mowers, growing shrubs and seasons nudge fixtures out of position. Once a year somebody should re aim what has drifted, which is a short job with a visible result.

How to start

The plan should be made standing in the yard, not chosen off a menu. EverCrest Lighting installs landscape lighting 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. Reach them at (864) 252-1732 or [email protected].

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