Outdoor Landscape Lighting Installation: Where the Light Should Go|Thinking About Landscape Lighting and What It Should Cost You in Effort

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

Where roofline lighting works on the building, landscape lighting takes care of the yard: the walk, the beds, the trees, the steps. Done well, it looks like the yard is lit and not like a row of lamps. Done badly, it looks like an airport runway down the driveway.

What usually gets lit

Path lighting comes first for most properties, because it is the part that does a job every night. A well placed uplight gives the yard depth after sunset. Then there are beds and low plantings, steps and retaining walls where the light is really about not tripping, and the parking area.

The other outdoor lighting people ask about

Homeowners rarely want one category. Out back, the patio only gets used after dark if it has light. Security lighting handles the parts of the property nobody can see from the street. Accent lighting is the finish work.

Where landscape lighting usually goes wrong

The most common mistake is volume. A yard lit evenly at every point has no depth, which is exactly the look people are trying to get away from. Badly aimed fixtures throw glare down the walk rather than onto the surface. The third is ignoring how the yard will look in five years, since the bed in front of a fixture fills in.

Commercial landscape lighting

Businesses light the grounds for other reasons. A restaurant patio needs light people want to sit under. A parking area is a safety question first. A neighborhood entrance is about the first impression of the whole community, which is why entry lighting gets attention in planned developments.

How they work as one design

The two do different jobs and look better together. Roofline light outlines the building, and landscape light gives the ground in front of it depth.A single design keeps the brightness and the color consistent, which is the usual problem when a second company adds to a first company's work. If the budget only covers one this year, ask 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 takes very little time and makes an obvious difference.

Getting it installed properly

The plan comes from walking the property, not chosen off a menu. EverCrest Lighting does landscape lighting installation as well as patio, accent, security and permanent LED roofline lighting for homes and businesses. They are based in Greenville, South Carolina and serve Upstate https://evercrestlighting.com/contact/ 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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