Tru-Scapes Landscape Lighting
SPECIAL REPORT try is we have over-simplified landscape lighting. There is still a skill to the installation process and training is key. We are providing the industry with professional grade products and asking homeowners to pay good money for the product and installation. We need to embrace the value of proper training and techniques. Installers can provide simple systems but even the most basic installation requires a level of design and skill.
Q: What trends within landscape lighting are you expecting to see in 2021? A: WAC Lighting: Landscape lighting allows homeowners to make their yards more accessible after sunset. I expect the continuation of product having high the customer’s overall experience. flexibility to be a trend contrasts Tru-Scapes Landscape Lighting: as we move through 2021. of dark and I believe in partnerships. There are FX Luminaire Designers and installers of light can make a plenty of professional manufacturlandscape lighting are demandlandscape difficult to ers and dealers in our country that are ing products with options to perfect look at or feel comfortable in. here to help. Learn the right way to do their landscape lighting creations. . On the flip side, light can also be too it, ask questions and work with quality FX Luminaire: The demand for dim. Using dimmable fixtures makes products and manufacturers that stand modern fixtures continues to rise, on-site adjustments much easier. behind their products. Subscribe to mimicking architectural and interior Mistake #2 is not spending time social media groups that can answer design trends. Contractors are stepat the beginning with client interquestions and assist when needed. We ping up their installation skills and view and design. Contractors should are all constantly learning. The opporimplementing clean, built-in applicaalways collaborate closely with hometunities are there, so don’t miss them. tions that require slim or flush options, owners to determine how they use like strip lights or in-grade lights. their outdoor living spaces and what Q: What are some of the common Belgard: Lighting will continue to be their priorities are when installing the mistakes in landscape lighting? more popular and integral to outdoor lighting system. Lighting is subjecA: WAC Lighting: I have seen landscape projects in 2021. Various LED lighttive, so the more in sync you are with contractors jump into the landscape ing is becoming a prevalent style, your clients, the better off you’ll be. lighting space with zero to little training. as homeowners enjoy being able to Belgard: One of the most common Training on both the mechanics of the adjust levels and colors to accommistakes for companies adding lightsystem as well as fixture design throughmodate any setting or activity. ing is that they don’t do enough out a project is essential in becoming Tru-Scapes Landscape Lighting: I see research. There are so many options a skilled craftsman in this field. more creative application of lights in on the market, which often overcomFX Luminaire: Mistake #1 is chooshardscapes and manufacturers such as plicates things. Having a pared down ing quantity over quality. Contractors ourselves are working to provide creative assortment of go-to items, such as should strive to select products that are solutions for installers. We are seeing our Tru-Scapes line, makes it much made with high-quality materials. This interest in more control, such as Wi-Fi simpler. Following best practices for strategy will pay back over the long term and Bluetooth technology, color changinstallations will help reduce the learnin saved costs related to warranty and ing lights, full rainbow as well as Kelvin ing curve and make you more money. replacement work. As for light output, temperature adjustment and dimming You can always add complexity but try more is not always better. Some contraccapabilities. We continue to see growth to keep it simple in the beginning. tors tend to overestimate the amount in the outdoor room concept with lightTru-Scapes Landscape Lighting: I of light needed for a job. The human ing as a key element of the design. think one concern I have for our induseye is quite slow at adjusting to light, so
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