Lighting
Outdoor & Landscape Lighting
Paths, facades, trees and entries lit deliberately — and wired for weather.
Outdoor & Landscape Lighting — what's involved
Exterior lighting does three different jobs — finding your way, seeing the house, and seeing anyone approaching it — and they want different fixtures in different places. Path lighting at low level, uplights against a facade or into a tree canopy, downlights in a soffit, and security lighting aimed so it illuminates the approach rather than blinding everyone using it.
Outdoors, the wiring matters more than the fixtures. Everything is GFCI-protected, receptacles are weather-resistant in in-use covers, buried runs are at proper depth in the right wiring method, and fixtures are rated for wet locations rather than damp. Electric Shock installs both line-voltage exterior lighting and low-voltage landscape systems with their transformers and zones.
Outdoor Lighting
Photos of this work will appear here as jobs are documented.
Exterior lighting we install
- Low-voltage landscape lighting with transformers, zones and buried runs
- Path, step and retaining-wall lighting
- Uplighting for trees, facades and architectural features
- Soffit and eave downlighting for a wash across the front of the house
- Motion-activated and dusk-to-dawn security lighting
- Porch, entry, garage and post lanterns
- Weather-resistant exterior receptacles in in-use covers
- Timers, photocells and astronomic controls so nothing burns all day
The Outdoor & Landscape Lighting process
Walk the property after dark
Exterior lighting can only be planned at night. We look at what is already lit by streetlights and neighbors, where the dark approaches are, and what is actually worth lighting.
Plan routes and zones
Cable routes are planned around planting, irrigation and future digging, and grouped into zones that can be switched or timed separately.
Wire for the environment
Wet-rated fixtures, GFCI protection, in-use covers, and buried cable at the correct depth in the correct method. Outdoor wiring fails at the terminations, so that is where the care goes.
Aim it at night
Uplights and security fixtures are aimed after dark, which is the only time you can see what they are doing. Glare into windows and at the street is what aiming fixes.
What you get out of it
Safe footing
Lit steps, paths and grade changes are the practical half of exterior lighting, and the half insurers care about.
The house at night
Facade and tree uplighting changes how the property reads from the street far more than most interior work does.
Wired to last outdoors
Correct ratings, protected circuits and proper burial are what separate a system that works in five years from one that trips every time it rains.
Outdoor Lighting questions
Still not sure? Send us the details and we'll give you a straight answer before anything is booked.
Low-voltage or line-voltage?
Why does my outdoor GFCI trip whenever it rains?
Can lighting be added to an established garden without wrecking it?
Often booked alongside this
- Outlet & Switch InstallationAdd outlets and switches, replace worn devices, and put GFCI protection where code requires it.
- Lighting Design & RemodelsWhole-room lighting plans for remodels — layers, switching, dimming and control zones.
- Electrical RepairsRepairs to damaged wiring, failed devices, scorched terminations and non-compliant past work.
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