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4 Ways to Light Up Your Deck in the Summer Months
June 3, 2020
The warm nights of the summer months provide a lot of chances to enjoy your outdoor patio area. Look at the stars, enjoy meals, and spend time with the company of others. While many homes feature floodlights to illuminate a deck area, the lighting is often not enough to cover the whole space and provide adequate lighting.
Learn about some lighting options for your deck and how each light will add ambiance to the area.
1. Deck Rail Accent Lights
Provide light options for the whole perimeter of the deck with deck rail accent lighting installation. The accent lighting helps set the tone of the area and creates visuals to help you see around the whole deck.
The lighting usually goes underneath deck rails and points downwards. When the light reflects off the deck material, the area illuminates and offers visuals of the whole deck floor. Electricians can wire accent lights to create a minimalist design on the deck area. During the day, you will barely notice the lights there.
Along with under rail lighting, consider light installations on rail posts. The lights on rail posts provide extra illumination. With a light on each rail post, the space will appear evenly lit, and you could choose extra-bright LED lights for more illumination.
2. String Lights
Lamps and large posts will take up valuable deck space, but if you seek out overhead light options, consider string lights. The lights provide a soft ambient light to the outdoor seating area. String lights are an ideal option for over a patio or deck area at your home.
The number of strings weaved across your deck all depends on the amount of space you have. If you want more light, then choose strings close together so the light appears stronger. The lights may go across in any way, but the typical method includes a crisscross-lined pattern to create even lighting options.
If you have limited outlet access, an electrician will help install an exterior outlet or wire the lights directly to a switch for easy use. Some lights may come with remote control options to easily turn the lights on and off.
3. LED Strip Lights
As string lights provide illumination from above, strip lighting provides lighting from below. LED strip lighting not only provides extra illumination for a deck but increases the safety of using your deck at night. For example, you could have the LED strips along the edges of deck stairs. With light on each stair, you will decrease the chance of tripping or falling.
Use strip lights across the whole edge of the deck or in specific areas. For example, if you have an outdoor table, install the lighting on the underside of the table. The touch of light provides illumination to eat, play games, or read books.
4. Bulb Color Options
One of the downfalls of adding extra lights to the exterior of your home is attracting bugs. Insects like mosquitoes and moths are drawn to lights. One of the biggest factors is the color. When you choose yellow lights, the bugs are not drawn to the lights as much, and you will reduce their presence. Lights with a blue tint are more easily seen by bugs and attract them.
Bugs are also drawn to the heat of the bulb. LED and CFL bulbs will emit a lot less heat than standard bulbs so bugs will not seek out the heat of a bulb, which remains cool while providing light for the deck area.
To help light your deck for years to come, contact us at Beckstoffer-Welsh Inc. Our experienced electricians will help guide you on lighting ideas and use your deck design as a blueprint for electrical upgrades.
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