Do you know when the right time is for a landscape lighting designer to get involved with your landscaping project? Before it starts? After it gets going? Once everything else is done? At the IDL Company, we get quite a few questions about when is the best time to install landscape lights and while we would like to give a black and white answer, in many cases this isn’t possible. The truth is, this is a question that depends on a number of different factors.
There are some situations where it can be beneficial for our installation team to be involved with the process from the start. It can help to save us time, which will save our client money. In other situations, it will be easier for our team to come in once the landscaping is done. The truth is, we can do a top notch job in both situations; however, getting to know some of the factors that impact a landscape lighting job can be beneficial.
Why Contact Lighting Designers Early In the Project?
In some cases, calling our landscape designers as your project is getting underway will make the entire project easier and more cost effective for you. It helps our team if the conduit (PVC pipe) that protects the wiring is installed under the hardscape surfaces. This will prevent us from having to bore through or tunnel under these elements to lay the necessary wiring. This can save you several hundred dollars in costs.
If you plan on installing a pergola, it helps us to work with the carpenters to drill out the posts so the wiring can be hidden inside. If you are installing an outdoor kitchen, we can ensure everything is wired properly as it is installed. Also, if we work with the electricians and carpenters we can ensure all the fixtures and wires are hidden and out of view. In these cases, calling us for service early in a project will be beneficial.
When to Call a Lighting Designer after Landscape Work is Done
There are also situations when we can come in when your other landscaping work is complete. In some situations, it is actually more difficult for us to work while other projects are being completed. Our team does not have to tear up the lawn to install landscape wiring, so you don’t have to worry that we are going to ruin the space you have created. In fact, when our team is done, you won’t even know they were there. We always leave your yard the way we found it, only illuminated in high-quality landscape lighting.
The key to an excellent landscape lighting design is to hire the professionals. There are situations where we should be called early on, but in all honesty, we can do our job in any situation. If you are ready to illuminate your property, call the IDL Company today to learn about the landscape lighting options that are available.
