Hello everyone,
I just signed up here because we are in the middle of planning our build. We are designing an urban villa with a roof overhang of 80 cm (31 inches) and I would like to install recessed spotlights in the roof overhang. I have read that there can sometimes be issues with insects in such areas. However, on another site I saw that lights with 3000 Kelvin do not attract insects. Does anyone here have experience with this?
Thank you very much
I just signed up here because we are in the middle of planning our build. We are designing an urban villa with a roof overhang of 80 cm (31 inches) and I would like to install recessed spotlights in the roof overhang. I have read that there can sometimes be issues with insects in such areas. However, on another site I saw that lights with 3000 Kelvin do not attract insects. Does anyone here have experience with this?
Thank you very much
It would be interesting to know whether you have a single-story or two-story house and what you want to achieve with the lights: display purposes or lighting paths or something similar.
Perhaps you should first consider whether you can live with the light under the roof inside the house without blinds blocking the usually disturbing light coming through the window (bedroom?).
Secondly, try sleeping with the light on yourself, to become more sensitive to the issue from a human perspective and then also apply this to animals.
However, we built our house 10 years ago, and this topic was not yet addressed back then.
We have facade lights, some of them up-down. We now leave them off most of the time and only switch on the front lights on special occasions. I consider it a myth that this supposedly doesn’t bother animals, because after the season there are dozens of dead insects hanging on every light.
By now, light pollution in the dark has also become quite noticeable in our area. A bungalow diagonally across from us has a considerable number of very bright spotlights all around (the resident is an electrician) and this shines very disturbingly for the neighbors. It is quite conspicuous.
I think it’s great that such considerations are taken into account when building a house, and you are doing exactly that.
Perhaps you should first consider whether you can live with the light under the roof inside the house without blinds blocking the usually disturbing light coming through the window (bedroom?).
Secondly, try sleeping with the light on yourself, to become more sensitive to the issue from a human perspective and then also apply this to animals.
prudi1986 schrieb:
On another site, I read that lights with 3000 Kelvin do not attract insects. Does anyone here have experience with that?
However, we built our house 10 years ago, and this topic was not yet addressed back then.
We have facade lights, some of them up-down. We now leave them off most of the time and only switch on the front lights on special occasions. I consider it a myth that this supposedly doesn’t bother animals, because after the season there are dozens of dead insects hanging on every light.
By now, light pollution in the dark has also become quite noticeable in our area. A bungalow diagonally across from us has a considerable number of very bright spotlights all around (the resident is an electrician) and this shines very disturbingly for the neighbors. It is quite conspicuous.
I think it’s great that such considerations are taken into account when building a house, and you are doing exactly that.
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Sunshine3874 Jun 2023 14:43I often see this around here and think it looks really great when a townhouse has these kinds of spotlights.
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xMisterDx4 Jun 2023 17:40Then you have to do the exterior plastering yourself, so you only have yourself to blame and can console yourself with having saved a few thousand... or you need to take a lot of time (and have a knack for it)...
If I could, I would gladly show you some bad examples... but photographing other people’s houses without permission is not something you do...
If I could, I would gladly show you some bad examples... but photographing other people’s houses without permission is not something you do...
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Allthewayup4 Jun 2023 18:37These spotlights look really nice, but regardless of their intended purpose, they are not doing you any favors. If you don’t want to climb up the exterior wall twice a year to remove cobwebs and everything caught in them, it’s better to skip them. Light pollution is actually the least problematic aspect of this. After several warnings, we switched to up/down facade lighting. As already mentioned, the plasterer has to work extremely precisely for this type of lighting or for spotlights mounted under the eaves. This also adds to the cost. Spotlights are only suitable as exterior lighting for driveways, walkways, or patios if they are strong enough, and then they truly become unpleasant. If they are just for ambiance and stay on continuously, as noted before, you’ll quickly attract an insect hotel. If one spotlight fails, you’ll have to replace the entire row due to the otherwise visible color difference between the new and existing spotlights.
For anyone who is concerned about the cost, money should not really be the issue here. But honestly, save yourself the trouble.
For anyone who is concerned about the cost, money should not really be the issue here. But honestly, save yourself the trouble.
prudi1986 schrieb:
Does anyone here perhaps have experience with this?
Thank youIf you are planning a townhouse in my understanding, meaning with 2 full stories, I would definitely advise against it.
We built with 2 full stories, a 70cm (28 inch) roof overhang, and no recessed lighting, for all the reasons mentioned above by previous posters.
In my experience, insects that are attracted to light generally don’t care about the color of the light.
And yes, showy homeowners who want to say “look how flashy my house is” are usually disliked, at least in my experience. But maybe that’s exactly what you want.
If so, then pay attention to the previous comments about the smoothness of the plaster. Lighting the facade often backfires if the many bumps and dents become especially visible. What could have been envious admiration quickly turns into mocking laughter.
So it’s best to commission lighting that highlights surface texture as an upgrade right from the start. If you do, please share here what the extra cost was.
And yes, showy homeowners who want to say “look how flashy my house is” are usually disliked, at least in my experience. But maybe that’s exactly what you want.
If so, then pay attention to the previous comments about the smoothness of the plaster. Lighting the facade often backfires if the many bumps and dents become especially visible. What could have been envious admiration quickly turns into mocking laughter.
So it’s best to commission lighting that highlights surface texture as an upgrade right from the start. If you do, please share here what the extra cost was.
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