How to Wash Your Walls With Garden Wall Downlights

Garden wall downlights are a great way to enhance your outdoor living space. With their functionality and aesthetics combined, you can transform your garden lighting area into a place you’ll love to spend time. Read on to learn more about outdoor wall lights and how to incorporate them into your garden.

 

What Are Garden Wall Downlights? 

Featuring a downward facing beam and made to be mounted on walls, exterior wall downlights are a decorative style of light meant to draw attention. They are primarily used for enhancing the visual appeal of garden walls, while improving upon ambiance and even improving safety.

Downlights provide directional illumination with their downward focus. Their concentrated lighting effect makes them ideal for showing off wall textures and plants especially. Their versatile nature makes them good for use on patios, decks, feature walls, and even near pathways.

Why Use Garden Wall Downlight Fittings? 

LED garden wall lights are a timeless way to enhance your outdoor living space. Using wall washing lights for garden areas is an especially effective way to get the most out of these fixtures. Wall washers highlight the wall itself, showing off its texture and colour. This creates a focal point while also generating indirect lighting to create a moody garden lighting atmosphere.

Then, there is the matter of safety. Having pathway wall downlights can help illuminate footpaths and even driveways, making the space easier to navigate. If you have a CCTV security system, supplementing the observation area with wall lights can ensure clearer imagery on the footage.

 

How to Use Low Level Outdoor Wall Downlighting

Low level outdoor wall downlights are great for illuminating stairways, sidewalks and other pathways. They cast illumination downward onto the path, providing even illumination to make it easier to see.

To get the most out of the, install the downlights in such a way that they are providing evenly spaced illumination. It is generally recommended that you position the lights at intervals of two to three metres. This will help you avoid any dark, shadowy areas.

When it comes to staircases, place them adjacent to the steps themselves. You can align the lights with each step or every other step if they are bright enough. Doing so will clearly illuminate the steps, including risers and treads, for safer navigation.

For both footpaths and stairs, low level outdoor wall lighting with a narrow beam angle is ideal. This helps you focus the lighting on the path right where you want it, giving you better control.

 

 

Tips on Installation of Garden Wall Downlighting 

To make the most out of your outdoor LED wall lights for gardens, keep the following tips in mind.

 

• PLAN THE LAYOUT. Before you start installing lights, take some time to plan out where you want everything to go. Think about the key areas you wish to light up, how to space the lighting to avoid shadows, and the heights at which you plan to place them.

 

• AVOID GLARE. By positioning your lights at an angle, you can avoid any harsh, unwanted glare. Casting the lights downward and washing the wall with them provides nice indirect lighting without the risk of any visual discomfort.

 

• USE DIMMERS. To stay in control of the look of your lights, consider setting them on a dimmer. Being able to dim or brighten the lighting can help you set a mood in your garden. It will also keep you in control over the atmosphere of the garden at all times.

 

• CHOOSE THE RIGHT COLOUR TEMPERATURE. Colour temperature allows us to discuss the warmth or coolness of a light. It exists on a scale of 1,000 to 10,000 Kelvin. Lights with a higher rating are cooler and are ideal for security lighting. Fixtures with a lower Kelvin rating are warmer and are better for creating inviting atmospheres.

 

• BE CAREFUL WITH THE POWER SUPPLY. External wall lighting requires low voltage power supplies to safely run. Ensure you have a driver or transformer that is compatible with this. You may wish to hire an electrician to ensure that everything is safely and properly installed.

 

Creative Ways to Use Garden Wall Downlights Around Your Home  

Decorative outdoor wall lighting can be used in a number of ways to enhance the appearance of your garden. One of the most common ways to use them is to highlight architectural features. If you have any accent walls, columns or other unique architectural details, downlights can show them off.

Other garden and landscape fixtures can also be accentuated with wall lights. Statues, sculptures, decorative plants and any other visual focal points can be enhanced with lights drawing attention to them. Placing downlights on vertical spaces such as living walls can showcase the plants beautifully.

For outdoor dining areas, these lights can also be used. Installing patio wall downlights where you intend to sit and dine will do wonders for the space. Not only does it provide more light for better visibility; it can also set a nice mood by which to dine with guests.

By using downlights on garages and near driveways, you can make the area stand out from the others as a functional space. Plenty of lighting makes it easy to see where to drive at night. It can also provide a sense of symmetry to enhance the overall appeal of that part of your home.

 

How to Use Exterior Wall Downlights for Security and Safety Around Your Home  

Ensuring your home’s exterior is well-lit is instrumental to improving upon its security. LED wall outside mounted lights can be incorporated into your outdoor living area as a way to make it safer, both in deterring intruders and in making it safer to simply walk around.

Well-lit areas give fewer shadows for potential criminal activity to take place. Using wall lights around doorways, gates, windows and other points of access can deter unwanted entry. Setting these lights on a timer will even alert you to motion at night if someone tries to walk onto your property.

Good lighting can reduce blind spots around the property entirely. Dark corners and other areas that your main lights cannot reach can be supplemented by the use of wall lights in those areas. Similarly, you can head off the issue by ensuring the perimeter itself is well lit, deterring criminals from even stepping onto the property in the first place.

Furthermore, having lights around the area your security camera is pointing will help you catch clearer footage. If criminal activity takes place on your property, you can more clearly record it and turn it into the authorities. If the recording area is too dark, you may not be able to capture the details as clearly.

 

 

What IP Rating Should External Wall Downlighting Be? 

IP ratings, or Ingress Protection ratings, help consumers understand how well-fortified a fixture is against moisture and debris. The first digit refers to its solids resistance, while the second digit indicates resistance to moisture.

When it comes to outdoor lighting, IP65 outdoor wall lights are recommended. Since your lights will constantly be exposed to wind, rain, snow and sun, you want to be sure it is well-guarded against such factors.

The three main IP ratings you will find for outdoor lights are as follows:

 

• IP44: This rating is ideal for any area that is sheltered, like under a porch or against walls with some sort of covering.
• IP65: This rating is best for exposed areas like entryways, garden paths and driveways that may encounter rain.
• IP67: This rating works best for areas that are constantly exposed to water, such as near fountains, pools or in coastal regions.

 

Weather proof wall lights rated IP65 or above will give you peace of mind that your fixtures are protected against it all.

Conclusion 

Outdoor downlights can enhance atmosphere, security and visibility in equal measure. In the article above, we’ve offered a look at how to incorporate these into your own garden so you can begin enjoying them straight away.

 

Modern Outdoor Wall Lighting Ideas

 

Light up your outdoor pathways with ODL701 3 Watt Round Black Recessed Outdoor Wall Light. This low level wall lighting shines 300 lumens of 3000K warm white light at a downward angle on the ground below it. Rated IP65, it is protected against water damages and entry from debris, such as soil from being so close to the ground. It is fashioned out of high quality aluminium that comes finished in a neutral black.

 

Show off your feature walls and other architectural details with the LWA215 6 Watt LED Black Outdoor Wall Down Light. This wall light generates 430 lumens of 3000K warm white light that shines down in a cone against the wall. It is fashioned out of durable aluminium with an IP65 rating to protect it against the elements. It measures 120 millimeters in height and is finished in a neutral black hue.

 

With its sleek square shape, the LWA454 6 Watt Wall Wash LED Outdoor Wall Light is an ultra modern way to light your garden. This light generates 600 lumens of 3000K warm white light that washes the wall beneath it with a wide beam. It is built to last from high quality aluminium and given an IP65 rating. Overall, the fixture measures 120 millimeters wide.

 

Perfect for security lighting, ambient lighting and everything in between, the LWA414 9 Watt Black LED Outdoor Wall Washer Light is the perfect choice for any garden. This fixture outputs 900 lumens of 3000K warm white light that washes the wall beneath it with a wide beam angle. It is built to last from premium aluminium and given an IP65 rating that makes it resistant to the weather. The light measures 200 millimeters in width.