If you’re a homeowner, no matter where you live, you want your home, your property and your family to be as safe and protected as possible. You may install cameras, put up a fence, even have a watchdog or two, but you’d still need outdoor lights.
Having outdoor lights can not only help to beautify the exterior of your home or around your property, but it can help to safeguard you and your loved ones from the intentions of criminals and from potential hazardous situations in the dark of night.
They can help to eliminate shadows, leaving no or limited hiding spots for intruders to hide and attempt to enter your home. You can also consider installing motion-activated light fixtures as well – these lights are triggered on when someone or something approaches them.
We’ll show you some of the places that you should install your outdoor lights. Put them in your…
- Entryways: Your main entrance (like the front door) and secondary entrances (like the backdoor or kitchen door) should be illuminated so that you can see if a visitor is approaching or so that you can see where to insert your key to unlock the door.
- Paths and walkways: To prevent yourself, your family or visitors from stumbling around in the dark on a pathway or walkway, you should install a light or some other fixture.
- Driveway: Installing a light to illuminate the driveway can help to keep vehicles from straying onto the yard and damaging it.
- Garage: The installation of a light above or around a garage door can help to increase your safety when you arrive home at night.
- Steps: You don’t want to risk falling and getting hurt when climbing up or walking down the steps, so lights are a good idea.
- Patio, deck or other outside areas: This can help you to safely enjoy the comfort of your home’s exterior at night. You can sit on your patio or deck at night in no fear. Maybe you can even decide to take a dip in the swimming pool, guided by the safety of the illuminated surroundings.
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