Backyard Lighting Make-Over
Client location: Ashgrove, QLD, 4060
About the customer & what they require:
Our clients at Ashgrove had a lovely back deck overlooking their pool and a nature reserve beyond their backyard. While the area looked great during the day, at night it lacked personality due to a lack of lighting in the yard and only a single fluorescent light on the deck. Our clients had been told by a previous electrician that downlights weren’t going to be possible on the back deck without installing a false ceiling (we disagreed!).
They asked us to design a lighting plan for the space to increase the wow factor at night.
What we did:
- Visited on-site to understand what the client was wanting to achieve and how they use their outdoor spaces
- Designed a new lighting plan incorporating downlights and a fan for the back deck
- Designed a lighting plan for the pool and backyard with a combination of LED strip lighting for the pool, low-voltage garden uplights and fairy lights for a large tree in the yard
- Removed the existing fluorescent light on the back deck
- Installed dimmable downlights and a fan on deck (no false ceiling was needed)
- Extended existing power in the pool pump cupboard to power the new garden lighting
- Strung fairy lights through tree
- Installed LED strip lighting behind the waterfall in pool
- Installed multiple low-voltage garden uprights
- Connected all garden lighting to a timing device, to ensure all lights come on in sync at dusk and turn off at bed-time
- Tested all lighting for safety
The results of this commercial electrical job:
- Serious wow factor at night
- Automated garden lights that turn on and off at the same time every night
- A functional back deck area that is cool in summer and well-lit
