This Cordillera Ranch home had some existing lighting that wasn’t working for the homeowner. LLG created a brand-new design that involved reusing existing fixtures and adding new fixtures. This property is easy to find with the well-lit address marker alongside a beautiful cactus. The soft dark sky friendly downlighting from the trees along the driveway makes it easy to find your way to the
Incandescent bulbs will no longer be available to purchase after March 1st, 2023! LED lamps will be the primary lamp purchase in the future. Landscape Lighting Guru has been installing LED lamps as our primary type of lamp since the very beginning. These light bulbs are very efficient and can be applied to many different aspects of lighting and the lamps usually don’t have to
Recessed Lighting Recessed lighting is not just for inside of the home. When used effectively, outdoor recessed lighting can be an amazing way to provide lighting for visual effects and home security. With a low profile and a subtle design, lights blend into the background of favorite outside areas. Location One of the locations recessed lighting is used the most for walkways, driveways, and stairways.
LED lamps are considered one of the most important and best inventions in the last 20 years. They have been widely available for 10 years in consumer bulbs. LLG discusses whether LED is living up to the initial high expectations. What is LED? LED stands for light emitting diode. LED lighting products produce light up to 90% more efficiently than incandescent light bulbs. How do
Landscape Lighting Guru answers the most frequently asked questions when it comes to outdoor lighting design and installation. Do you contract out your installers? No – all of our installers work for Landscape Lighting Guru and are considered an important part of the LLG family. We are building a new home – when should we consider landscape lighting into the project? It is best
Landscape Lighting Systems have changed dramatically over the last 20 years with the many technological advances. If your lighting system was installed before 2005, it is likely to be either a mercury vapor or metal halide system. These are outdated and can be hard to find replacement parts. Or maybe you have a newer system that utilizes halogen lamps. Either way, there are huge
Landscape Lighting should be easy for the homeowner and an astronomical timer can help you do just that. An astronomical timer is a sophisticated timing control system for outdoor landscape lighting systems and is extremely effective. Once installed and initially programmed, the time shouldn't require any additional work. The initial programming may seem more involved than other timing control system but the programming can be as
Do you have an old landscape lighting system that doesn’t work very well? Maybe you purchased your home with the outdoor lighting system already installed and it has not weathered well over the years. We have good news – the guru can often retrofit your fixtures and/or revamp your lighting system! We like to give our clients options and if their old systems are useable,
Ignored MV Fixture in Tree What is a High Intensity Discharge (HID) Light? High Intensity Discharge is an overarching term for a gas-discharge light. They are the oldest type of electrical lights but are rapidly becoming outdated by new efficient lighting technology. Among the common types of HID lights are mercury vapor, low and high pressure sodium and metal halide lamps. If your
Light Emitting Diodes (LED) now have an additional 25% tariff on Chinese manufactured products. More than 85 percent of LED lighting products are manufactured and assembled in China. The lighting businesses in China has great advantages in overall cost compared to other areas and has therefore become the global center to produce lighting products. As a result, it will be difficult for the consumers in
