If you’re planning new lighting for your garden, patio or outdoor entertaining area, it’s worth getting an electrician involved from the start.
At ElectricsFixed, an Outdoor lighting installation Hereford typically costs around £300–£800, depending on the number of lights, the fittings chosen and how much new cabling is needed.
Planning outdoor lighting around your garden
Outdoor lighting is one of those jobs where it’s easy to think about the lights themselves without considering everything around them. Where will you be sitting? Where will people be walking? Are there steps or different levels that need lighting? And where is the existing electrical supply? These are all things we look at before deciding exactly where the lights should go.
We recently visited a three-bedroom semi-detached house on Manor Road where the homeowners had created a new patio area and garden bar.
They wanted to make the new space feel welcoming in the evening, so we discussed where lighting would work best around the patio and garden bar. Rather than simply adding lights wherever they could be fitted, we looked at how the family would actually use the space.
The patio was going to be an area for sitting, relaxing and entertaining, so the lighting needed to provide enough illumination without being too harsh or uncomfortable. Around the garden bar, we also considered practical lighting so the area could still be used once the sun had gone down. One part of the job that was particularly important was the set of steps leading down into the garden from the rear of the house.
It’s easy to concentrate on the main patio area and forget about access routes, but those steps could become difficult to see in low light. We recommended adding lighting there as part of the Outdoor lighting installation Hereford to make the route easier to navigate and help reduce the risk of someone missing a step or tripping. As this was a fixed outdoor lighting installation, we also needed to consider the electrical side of the job, including the cable routes, suitable outdoor-rated fittings and appropriate protection.
Outdoor electrics are exposed to weather and moisture, so the installation needs to be planned with this in mind. It’s not simply a case of running a cable outside and connecting a light.
During an Outdoor lighting installation Hereford, we’ll consider where the power is coming from, how the cables can be routed safely and how the lights will be controlled.
Lighting that works for your lifestyle
The finished lighting should make the garden more enjoyable, but it should also be practical. On Manor Road, that meant thinking about the patio, garden bar and steps as one space rather than treating each light as a separate job.
Whether you’re creating a new entertaining area, improving an existing patio or simply want to make your garden safer after dark, Outdoor lighting installation Hereford can make a surprisingly big difference.
At ElectricsFixed, we take the time to understand how you want to use your garden before recommending where the lighting should go. If you’re considering an Outdoor lighting installation Hereford, contact ElectricsFixed today by phone on 01432 629050 or via our contact form.
