5 Ways Step & Path Landscape Lighting Can Improve Safety ...

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By Landscape Lighting Expert Mike Hansen

The top 5 reasons to add Path Landscape Lighting to your home and yard:

Many homeowners are confronted with the problem of lighting their landscape or yard area only after they discover how dark their home is at night. They have already spent time and money on the lawn, plants, shrubs, trees, yard decorations, or water features, and discover that at night it all disappears. The solution to this problem is to add a low voltage landscape lighting system.

1)???? Making your home and yard inviting and useful to guests
This is the top reason to add Landscape Path Lighting to your home. Visitors arriving after dark should be able to see your home and be able to determine where they should park, where they should enter your yard, and where the front door to your home is located. A tastefully lighted pathway leading to your front door is safe and inviting, not only to guests, but to you and your family as well. Use Path Landscape Lighting along driveways and walkways, and use Step Landscape Lighting to clearly guide visitors right to your front door.

2)???? Safety
A clearly lighted yard and pathways prevents guest from stepping on plants or flowers, tripping over rocks or yard decorations, or straying from the path into unsafe areas. Landscape Step lights warn guests that they are approaching an area where they need to step up or down. Driveway lights prevent vehicles from leaving the driveway and running over the lawn or landscaping, or pulling in too far and hitting the house or garage. If you have small walls or other decorative features in your yard, a guest could easily be injured by tripping over them. Lighting these features with area or spot lights allows them to be enjoyed at night, as well as protecting them from unintentional damage by visitors or their vehicles.

3)???? Security
Protect your home by making it uninviting to prowlers. Keep areas near windows and doors well lighted with spot or flood lights, and use accent lights to illuminate any trees or shrubs that may serve as hiding areas. Flood lights can be used to shine on driveways and vehicles, making it easy to see if your vehicle is safe to approach. Area lights can be used to illuminate areas adjacent to parked vehicles so no one can approach your vehicle without being seen.

4)???? Add value to your home
Landscape Path Lighting fixtures are useful and functional at night, and can also be beautiful during the day. Fixtures are available in many different finishes and materials that will complement the design of your home, some even look like lanterns or antique light fixtures, or can be disguised as a rock or decorative statue. Fixtures are available in decorative metals such as brass, copper, or stainless steel, which can match door hardware, roof treatments, or other decorative parts of your home. A well designed and installed Landscape Step Lighting system is a desirable addition to any home and will only add to its value.

5)???? Add beauty to the neighborhood
Your neighbors will appreciate the beauty of your home at night when it is well lighted, and make them feel safe while strolling past. No one is comfortable walking the dog past a dark and unknown area at night. Well lighted homes give the whole neighborhood a pleasant, friendly feel.

For more information or to find the right Landscape Lighting for your home, visit our website: www.12voltOutdoorLighting.com or call 877-777-8421.

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