ᐅ Number and Placement of Exterior Lights for a Square House Approximately 9.40m x 9.40m
Created on: 4 Aug 2021 18:34
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Pinkiponk
Our selection appointment is approaching, so I would like to ask for some feedback. I know it’s a fairly standard, plain house, but it suits us well.
Attached you will find the house elevations from the four cardinal directions. Could you please advise where and how many exterior lights you would install on the outer walls? I’m unsure whether one or two exterior lights on a 9.40m (31 feet) wall might be too few. The house is 9.20m (30 feet) high including the roof. Without the roof, meaning the wall height, it is 6.51m (21 feet). At a later stage, we might add shutters, if that is relevant for the placement of the exterior lights.
The blue dots mark my initial suggested mounting points. On the east and west sides, I have initially planned two exterior lights each, and on the south and north sides, one each. Our main terrace will be on the west side. On the other three sides, there will only be small seating areas, more like garden spots than terraces.
There will also be various other lighting fixtures in the garden among the plants, but their exact locations will be decided during the landscaping planning. We might also add solar-powered gutter lights to the rain gutters, but that would be at a later time.
Attached you will find the house elevations from the four cardinal directions. Could you please advise where and how many exterior lights you would install on the outer walls? I’m unsure whether one or two exterior lights on a 9.40m (31 feet) wall might be too few. The house is 9.20m (30 feet) high including the roof. Without the roof, meaning the wall height, it is 6.51m (21 feet). At a later stage, we might add shutters, if that is relevant for the placement of the exterior lights.
The blue dots mark my initial suggested mounting points. On the east and west sides, I have initially planned two exterior lights each, and on the south and north sides, one each. Our main terrace will be on the west side. On the other three sides, there will only be small seating areas, more like garden spots than terraces.
There will also be various other lighting fixtures in the garden among the plants, but their exact locations will be decided during the landscaping planning. We might also add solar-powered gutter lights to the rain gutters, but that would be at a later time.
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hampshire6 Aug 2021 08:38Tarnari schrieb:
I generally find constant lighting to be unnecessary, for example.An illuminated castle in the evening has its charm, doesn’t it? 😉 Given the low energy consumption of LED lighting, I’m not too concerned if the homeowner enjoys it and it doesn’t bother people or animals.
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Pinkiponk6 Aug 2021 09:59It seems that I have actually managed to start the first topic in this forum where everyone is right. :-)
Electricity demand has increased due to LEDs because many people use lighting and lighting duration excessively. LEDs have a much lower power consumption, after all…
I also do not understand why outdoor lighting needs to be on at night at a private residence. There is already enough light pollution.
It is a different matter with impressive architecture or a castle.
I also do not understand why outdoor lighting needs to be on at night at a private residence. There is already enough light pollution.
It is a different matter with impressive architecture or a castle.
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Pinkiponk6 Aug 2021 10:18untergasse43 schrieb:
... But those ugly up/down wall lights seem to be quite standard everywhere ...I assume that since I first shared my floor plans and the related discussion, I’ve become known here in the forum for my poor taste, which is fine. Depending on the situation, I plan to invite forum members interested to an open house someday for a self-brewed beer, to see if our house really turned out that bad. For now, I don’t think so. Back to the lights: I imagine wall lamps similar to the one in the photo, perhaps with flickering gaslight simulation.
untergasse43 schrieb:
We have bollard lights all around (+ some spotlights for plants) and a few above the front door. That’s enough to create a nice atmosphere 🙂 Bollard lights are also a good idea.
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Pinkiponk6 Aug 2021 10:24rick2018 schrieb:
Electricity consumption has increased because many people are using lighting and extended lighting periods excessively. LEDs actually consume much less power… Thanks for the information, I didn’t know that and will reconsider my electricity use regarding LED lamps. First, I will get out of the habit of leaving the lights on in our current rental apartment when we go out in the evening. Until now, I just liked coming back to a lit apartment instead of a "dark dungeon." But it’s not that important to me. Thanks again.
rick2018 schrieb:
I also don’t understand why someone needs outdoor lighting on a private house at night. There is already enough light pollution. It’s a different matter with impressive architecture or a castle. In my case, it’s only about the lighting until I go to bed, around 10:00 pm. Additionally, we will set the lamp(s) to motion sensor operation. But if they keep going off because of animals, we’ll just turn them off. Your suggestions are helpful.
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