Summer is just around the corner, and it’s time to really start thinking about improving your outdoor spaces for the upcoming season. One important aspect of your outdoor space is your landscape lighting. Good lighting can enhance the beauty and safety of your property, while also providing a welcoming atmosphere for guests. In this post, we will provide some tips on how to prepare and maintain your landscape lighting for summer. Read More
Outdoor lighting is a great way to add beauty and functionality to your property. It provides safety and security while enhancing your home’s curb appeal. But to keep your outdoor lighting system working efficiently, it’s important to perform regular preventative maintenance. At Decorating Elves in Tampa Bay, we offer a scheduled maintenance and inspection plan for all of our outdoor lighting installations to help keep your system functioning properly for years to come. For an idea of everything we check during these routine inspection visits, here’s a quick outdoor lighting maintenance checklist designed to keep your outdoor lighting system in tip-top shape. Read More
Outdoor lighting is one way to greatly enhance the look and curb appeal of your home. Additionally, the added lighting can provide a sense of safety when you arrive back home during the darker hours of the day. With that being said, it is also important to take care of your investment and ensure that your lights are always functioning properly as there are several external factors that can cause abnormal wear and tear. Lights have the tendency to attract small animals and unruly weather cannot be avoided.
Below, you will find some tips to follow that will help you maintain your lights so that they can continue to illuminate your beautiful home. Read More
Every light fixture, whether in your home or in your outdoor lighting, has an IP rating. The IP rating is difficult to determine if you are not familiar with the numbers or rating system. The IP rating is especially important for outdoor lighting. Learn more about what this rating system is and why it is important.
The IP rating system is a way to determine how resilient your lighting fixture is. This is a two-digit number that is actually made up of two single rating numbers. The first number of the IP rating is how resistant the light fixture is to allow solids to enter the fixture. The second number is how resistant the light fixture is to liquids. Both ratings tell you how well your outdoor lighting will hold up to the weather and outdoor influences. Read More
When it comes to preventative maintenance of your home, often you think of things like the lawn and garden, the furnace inspection before winter, or changing out blown breakers. One of the things that often gets overlooked is preventative maintenance of your outdoor lighting. While most systems installed today need little maintenance, there are some things that you will need to consider. If you do not carefully maintain your outdoor lighting, it will not last as long as you wish.
When outdoor lighting is first installed, it is placed away from trees and plants in the area in an attempt to avoid damage from the roots or limbs. However, overtime trees do grow, and gardens can quickly expand. If you do not use preventative maintenance to make sure that your lighting remains clear of these hazards, you could wind up with lighting fixtures grown into plants—a situation that could lead to losing both the plant and the fixture. Read More