
How To Install all Your Garden Lights in Under One Hour!
- News
- 07 Jun, 2017
If you are new to outdoor lighting, the prospect of installing garden lights might be quite daunting. What type of lights should you buy? Are solar any good? Will I need an electrician? What IP rating do I need? These are all good questions, and you can find detailed answers to them here and here. However, it is possible to choose, purchase and install all of your garden lights in less than one hour; with no prior knowledge except this article. If that sounds like the quick fix you’ve been looking for, read on…
Total duration: 26 minutes Elapsed time: 56 minutes. Job done!
Battery and solar are your friends
To get this done in such a short timeframe, mains powered lights are not an option. There simply isn’t time to find and book an electrician to install them for you, and they’ll almost certainly take more than an hour to complete the job, depending on the size of your garden of course. Even plug-and-play mains powered lights take much longer to install than battery or solar lights. Instead, we will use a combination of high quality battery and solar powered lights, which can be quickly and easily installed.Step 1 – Decide what you want
Duration: 15 minutes Elapsed time: 15 minutes Break your garden down into the following areas:Paths and patios Flower beds Lawns Trees and shrubs Walls and buildingsFor each of these areas, you will select a certain type of garden light. When choosing which areas of your garden to illuminate, it is very much a case of less is more. The idea is to selectively light up specific features in your garden, within the list above.