Maintenance is key to great lighting

Transforming your home with a custom outdoor lighting system is a fantastic feeling. The results will astound and your ability to enjoy your property at night will skyrocket. But, the work is not done when the installation is done.  Keeping your new outdoor lighting system looking as beautiful as it does on day one requires a little bit of regular maintenance. While our premium fixtures can withstand weather and the elements, Mother Nature and human nature sometimes cause an unavoidable need for upkeep, adjustment or repair.

Protect your investment with regular maintenance checks at least once a year. If you are bound and determined to handle it yourself, we have a few tips:

• Lights out: Walk the property and check for lights that are not working. It could be a bulb, it could be a cut wire from landscapers. Investigate the situation and call us for assistance.
• Damaged fixtures: An errant lawn mower a fallen tree limb, there are a few things that can cause damage to fixtures. While our copper and brass fixtures uphold against the elements and can take a few hits, sometimes accidents happen.
• Faulty connections: Any system with electrical wiring and connections can have connectors loosen for various unavoidable reasons. Check all connections.
• Over-grown landscaping: Your beautiful landscape grows and changes all the time. This can affect the original lighting design. Trim hedges and readjust lights to meet the new landscape design.
• Tipped or tilted fixtures: Our fixtures are solid brass and copper. They can take most of the daily hits that come with owning a home, but sometimes, they get tilted or tipped and the intended lighting effect is lost. Readjusting is a big part of maintenance.

Want some help?  Give us a call to schedule your maintenance appointment.  Our goal in our 16-point service and inspection is to keep your lighting looking as good tomorrow as it was the day it was installed. During the service, we will inspect every fixture, transformer, wire and timer to ensure they work properly.

This service includes a pest-preventive application for all your fixtures and components, which we highly recommend. Pests can infiltrate your lights and wreak havoc on your electrical system which can be costly to repair and usually is not covered under the manufacturer’s warranty.

Another important part of our service call is to check all tree-mounted hardware and fixtures and offset them to accommodate for the tree’s growth.  Even if the best techniques were used during installation, they will eventually grow into the tree if not serviced regularly.

If you want to schedule a maintenance appointment, please call us at 210-710-7737.