Frequently Asked Questions:

Q: Why should you choose a Lighting Designs outdoor lighting specialist to install your outdoor lighting system?
A: As a homeowner, you have invested time and money into the exterior architecture and landscaping of your home. Outdoor lighting projects are often installed by the original home builder or an electrician who do not specialize in outdoor lighting. The results are often blinding flood lights and obnoxious pathlights that take away from your residence rather than add. With specialists like Lighting Designs, we not only install the system, but we are readily available to maintain the system and replace burned out bulbs. Lighting Designs is always available to past customers in need of lamp replacements, general maintenance and technical assistance. This is especially important when there is an immediate need for service - i.e. a party or reception is planned.

Q: Why shouldn't I just go to Lowe's or Home Depot and spend half the money?
A: Our first response to this frequently asked question is that you get what you pay for. Landscape lights from Lowe's or Home Depot are manufactured with the least amount of quality…from the light bulbs themselves to the fixture. For example, the bulbs in our well lights are rated at 4,000 hours whereas Lowe's or Home Depot's bulbs only last for about 400 hours. Another thing is the quality of the light fixture. Lighting Designs fixtures come with a ten year guarantee. In most cases when the homeowner does decide to purchase their lights from Lowe's or Home Depot we usually hear from them within a year or so. It never fails, with these cheaper systems something always seems to go wrong within the first year they were purchased. Over time your investment in a quality Lighting Designs' system will prove to be of greater value than the alternative. You will have a lower maintenance, more durable, energy efficient and trouble-free system that adds value and beauty to your property.

Q: Can you leave out some lights from the original demonstration so that we can cut the cost of the job?
A: Under most circumstances, straying from the original design by removing fixtures or other components will not produce a satisfactory end product. Additionally, adding fixtures in the future is always more costly than doing things right the first time. Every fixture in the design has a specific purpose in the landscape, like pieces of a puzzle. If pieces are left out, the end result is simply incomplete. Focal points, accented features and transitional or fill lighting are all necessary components needed to create a visually pleasing night scene and add depth and texture to the property.

Q: Will my house contribute to nighttime light pollution?
A: No. Low voltage, low wattage outdoor lighting fixtures create desirable effects which has hardly any effect on light pollution in your city or town. Dark colors like greens and browns found in plant materials absorb much of the light which results in reduced reflected light or visible light in the landscape. Our well designed systems have a degree of adjustability that can be modified to suit the individual owner's taste. Customer satisfaction is always guaranteed.

Q: Will an outdoor lighting installation tear up my yard?
A: No. All the work is done by hand with the utmost care. No heavy machinery is used except in extremely rare circumstances. Many customers comment that they never would have known our specialists were there if it wasn't for the beautiful nighttime lighting effects left behind.

Q: When do I pay for my system?
A: If paying with cash or by check, payments are usually received the same night of the installation when final adjustments are being made to your system.

B: Lighting Designs also accepts all major credit cards.

If you have other questions that still remain unanswered please contact us.