Lighting garden paths: photo ideas, the backlight tips

When moving around the yard or. infield equip their owners often organized track. for easy movement. But, despite their structural features, the movement in the dark is difficult, especially in cloudy weather or at. the shade of trees. Pedestrians can easily get from the path on the lawn and dirty. feet or fall. To avoid such troubles mounted lighting. garden paths.

Content

requirements
the backlight
functional
Decorative
The choice of light bulbs
Positioning fixtures
on the track
on the sidelines
On the decorative elements
examples of arrangements
Mounting process steps
Tips and tricks
More photo ideas
video tips

requirements

Before planning a garden lighting should define the main functions assigned to it.

Unlike other types of street lighting to the lighting tracks are special requirements:

Light. flow from lighting should clearly allocate land border. pavement.
Street. lamps for a garden path should be located well below the level. view and should not blind people traveling along it.

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Because of. garden lanterns location directly under the open sky they are. subject to direct influence of precipitation, so the degree of dust- moisture resistance with a value selected from up to IP57. IP68.
Must. comply with the temperature regime within which the will. street lighting operated device.
External. artificial lighting parameters must integrate harmoniously with the landscape. garden design, as in the dark as well as in the daytime.
Because of. continuous operation of the light design is necessary to ensure as much as possible. lower power consumption, otherwise his work will result in a tidy sum.

the backlight

All landscape lighting, depending on the tasks, possible. divided into two groups: functional and decorative. Consider. in more detail each of them.

functional

The main objective is to provide functional illumination sufficient. It appears in a certain area garden plot. To do this, fit. classic street lights on a small stalk or installed into the ground. Structurally, the top of the lighting devices is a flat reflector directs the light downwards. Some models are equipped with shades scattering. type, creating a uniform flow distribution in the surrounding space.

Additionally, besides the garden decoration, lighting walkways can. combined with the main illumination area at high lamp. Also can. combine the safety or function. security lighting.

Decorative

Decorative lighting is not so much to improve the visibility. within a track and landscape features as to create decorative. effect. Lamps for decorative lighting have quite a wide choice. both structural and color variations, there are models made in. the form of fairy-tale characters. They are not materially different brightness, as the release only the outlines of the surrounding objects or themselves beacons. the existing landscape.

The choice of light bulbs

In view of the fact that the coverage of the infield is quite expensive pleasure, type light bulbs plays an important role, since it determines the efficiency of the device and other parameters work. By efficiency is meant the luminous flux generated from a single watt of electricity consumed.

The most common options for outdoor lighting garden paths are:

Incandescent lamps - have a rather low capacity - about 8 - 10Lm / W. Advantageously, the amount of electricity consumed for heating spirals (about 95%), while the rest goes to the light radiation. The advantages of such lamps is their low cost, but the lifetime is about 1000 - 2000 hours.

halogen lamps They work by heating spiral within the inert gas, promoting better luminous efficiency. Their productivity is about 10 - 18Lm / W, the validity of the refusal to about 4000 hours. The benefits of halogen bulbs should be attributed to their low cost.

fluorescent - work due to ionization of the mercury vapor in a sealed flask, able to give the order of 25 - 50lm / W, the lifetime is about 5,000 hours. The disadvantages of fluorescent lamps include significantly more value and boundaries of operating temperatures. Since they can not light up at negative readings of the thermometer, to illuminate their paths used only during the warmer months or in the corresponding climatic zone.

sodium - also represent a variant of the discharge lamps, but ionization occurs already in the sodium vapor. One of the most profitable options for lighting paths, since they give out about 90 - 110Lm / W and can last about 30,000 hours. The disadvantage of such devices for lighting pedestrian areas is their cost. And color settings.

LED bulbs - generate the light flux due to particle diffusion in semiconductor elements. Roundups better light transmission for lighting tracks - about 90 - 120Lm / W, their lifespan is about 50 000 hours. In contrast to the above options are not afraid of depressurization of the flask. The disadvantages include high cost.

The choice of a particular model to illuminate garden paths only depends. your needs. For example, in the country where you spend time only on weekends, you can easily make use of incandescent and halogen, but in places. Daily switching is better to give preference LED or sodium types.

Positioning fixtures

Depending on the lighting the garden paths there are three locations. basic positions: on the very path on the side of the road, on the decorative elements of the garden. For each of them has its own criteria for the selection of equipment and its parameters. Let us consider each of these in more detail.

on the track

If the installation of lights is planned directly within a track, they make small sizes. Size is particularly important for embedded instrumentation illumination which are arranged as LED tiles, or contour strip.

Such a model should possess high strength, as they will take a full load from pedestrian traffic. At the same time, they are decorative type, so do not require a lot of brightness and direction flood lights, or lights will dazzle passing on the track and the surroundings seem more darker.

on the sidelines

near the tracks — Near the tracks on the side of the road

If a track is already laid out finishing material and violate its integrity, there is no desire, which is advantageous to use the free space along the track.

Installing lighting fixtures for this place provides some elevation of the ceiling over the illuminated surface, so there are suitable any torshernye, pin or surface model. An important criterion in their choice is a sufficient level of illumination in the functional areas.

On the decorative elements

If the garden decor and so rich in diversity of all kinds and parts. jewelry, can illuminate the track and with their help. Such elements can. to act both as a support structure for the light, and the instrument itself. lighting.

A popular one is installation indirektov - devices that direct light output to any object, from which the later. impact to the environment. A striking example serve garden lighting. sculptures, installed near the tracks, facade lighting, plants and lighting. trees. An important criterion - all these elements have to be in. the immediate vicinity of the pavement to light effects on them reaching the ground surface.

examples of arrangements

it is important to make a competent lighting before the start of construction works on. site with the main and secondary tracks. To get started you will need. site plan with marking the main elements of the landscape and buildings. On the plan. denote points where lamps and illumination range, or coverage area. luminous flux. An example of such a plan is given below:

Choosing capacity and coverage radius specifically lamp, note that functional lighting basic tracks differs from other illumination paths.

For example, the central garden alley be illuminated more powerful devices, lighting devices installed in high quantities. For secondary paths and driveways do not need to provide such visibility, so the fit less powerful devices.

Also in the design of the scheme should take into account the flow of aiming for. track lights, architectural lighting and artificial illumination. reservoirs. In these locations extra lighting may be unnecessary since. The light from these lamps is more than enough. Together, they can significantly. worsen the decorative effect and will lead to unnecessary costs of electricity.

As you can see in the figure, the main track is indicated by lighting yellow. in circles, in a place where the pond lamps, flowerbeds and front cover. pedestrian part of them is not required.

Mounting process steps

If you are making only the pavement or doing finishing finished. base fixtures can be installed directly in a track. For. this:

Prepare. holes on the fixture size - is more convenient to do it on stage. bookmarks to pour concrete in rigid form.

Spend. power supply line to each of the fixtures - casting cable also convenient. mounted on the stage base fill.

Prepare. adhesive solution for natural stone - a. this example, the track will be finished with stone, so it is important to. adhesive base is calculated on the minimum and maximum temperatures in your. region.

Connect. fixtures and install them in the appropriate niche.

Glue. stone tiles around the lighting.

If a track is already installed and no. modernization for it is not anticipated, the lighting devices can be installed on. the roadside next to her. To do this you will need:

Dig. deepening in places of installation of columns and connect them to the trench for laying. cable.

Pass. cable in the protective shell and place in a trench (in this case the protection role. plays a hose for watering, it is well protected against moisture).

Install. bars, as in our case, they are composed of pipes and bricks, they should be. also lay out.

Cement the. the supply line in the ground, it will create additional protection from both moisture and. from mechanical damage.

Install. courtesy and screw the light bulb.

Install the cover and screw in a light bulb

Lights for the garden path is ready, in our. example uses RGB LED lamp. Whereby it is possible to provide festive lighting with remote control.

Tips and tricks

The selection and operation of the instrument lighting garden paths look. Consider the following tips:

Do not use cheap equipment options - poor quality will cause them to quickly search for a replacement;
To save money, use the model solar-powered, though in the second half of the night light fade considerably and they will last only for the marking of lighting;
If you use lighting to functional lighting and tracks, and the decor, pick them in the same style;
All communications to power light bulbs, place underground, so that they do not violate the design;
If you want to create a cost-effective lighting for garden paths, use a motion sensor and light barrier - the first will include coverage only for passers-by, and the second only in the dark.