Outdoor Lighting Fixtures

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Outdoor Lighting Fixtures

• When building a new home, remodeling your
  existing house or landscaping the yard, you
  should not overlook the possibilities and
  benefits of outdoor lighting. Outdoor lighting is
  a fantastic way to enhance the nighttime vista of
  your yard, expand the boundaries of your home and
  provide security lighting for your family. A
  well designed outdoor lighting system should
  incorporate many types of lights such as security
  lights, flood lights, step lights, decorative
  lanterns, landscape lights, barbeque lights as
  well as provisions for seasonal lighting.

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• Security lights are the foundation of any outdoor
  lighting plan. These outdoor lighting
  fixtures are typically mounted on the house, near
  doorways, garages or areas where you feel extra
  light will give you peace of mind. These outdoor
  lighting fixtures used in combination with
  switches, photocells and timers are a must have
  for any home. Halogen lamps are well suited for
  landscape lighting because they will turn off and
  on without delay. HID light sources, such as
  metal halide, mercury vapor and high pressure
  sodium require a warm up to reach full intensity
  and will not re-strike if accidentally turned
  off. For that reason, HID sources are not good
  for security lighting unless you remove the
  switch and leave them on all night.

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• Landscape lighting is an artistic form of outdoor
  lighting that enhances trees, plants, structures
  or other architectural elements of your home and
  garden. Outdoor lighting adds to the value of
  your home and will give you years of enjoyment.
  Outdoor landscape lighting comes in many forms
  and should be discussed with your landscape
  architect or builder. They can put you in
  contact with a landscape lighting professional
  who can educate you on low voltage and line
  voltage lighting systems.

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• Most homes have either electric or gas lanterns
  at the front door for outdoor lighting. Electric
  lanterns should be used on a nightly basis to
  provide your guests with a sense of welcome and
  guide them to the door. It is best to use a
  dimmer control on your lanterns so that they can
  be dimmed for balance, yet turned up when
  necessary. If you are using gas lanterns,
  remember to install a recessed light over the
  door. Gas lights are beautiful, but they are
  inadequate for seeing who is at the door. Just
  about every home has an outdoor grill or barbeque
  pit that is used at night. Often times, outdoor
  lights for grills or outdoor kitchens are
  overlooked and may be difficult or impossible to
  add after the fact.

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• The last thing on your mind when building your
  dream home is providing outdoor lighting for
  holidays or Christmas. But now is the time to
  provide adequate circuits, receptacles and timers
  to automate your system. Just think how nice it
  will be to plug in the twinkle lights, net
  lights, and outdoor yard art without running
  extension cords or blowing the fuse.Barbeque
  lights that clip or mount to your grill are a
  very practical way to illuminate the cooking
  surface and provide a good working light.
  Barbeque lights come in many shapes, voltages and
  sizes to fit any décor.

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• The experts at Residential Landscape Lighting
  Design are well versed in all forms of outdoor
  lighting and indoor lighting. Whether you are
  fixing up the yard or building a new home we are
  here to help!