Whether you are an electrician, a business owner, or the head of a household, chances are that sooner or later you will start looking for outdoor LED wall lighting to buy.
Perhaps the reason is that a particular outdoor space — whether yours or a customer’s — is not being used to its full potential. Alternatively, that space might be part of a property that you are eager to sell — and adding a few wall lights could spur growth in that property’s market value.
Regardless of why you might need outdoor wall lights, if you are based in the UK, we can deliver any light you choose to your address and give you the benefit of our commitment to customer service.
Outdoor wall lighting for commercial settings: Why is it important?
In a workplace context, indoor lighting serves a simple purpose: helping workers to clearly see what they are doing as they go about their day-to-day responsibilities. Outdoor lighting too can serve this purpose — such as for employees who work during night-time hours.
As it does indoors, lighting can also provide additional security in an outdoor space. This can be especially crucial for the likes of open-air car parks and storage amenities where the business would be tasked with protecting the assets of customers or clients.
However, you can’t expect to garner a meaningful amount of custom in the first place if you fail to encourage enough people to buy from you. This too is where exterior lighting can come in handy — as to use a suitable pun, it can help to cast your business in a more positive light.
On a basic level, this can involve illuminating signage on external walls of your premises, easing visitors’ efforts to not only see your branding, logo, and colours but also get around the site if visiting it at times of day when other lighting sources wouldn’t quite cut it.
Of course, your workplace might not necessarily be a string of office buildings. It could, for example, be a visitor attraction like a theme park or historical building — and at places like these, the right choice of wall lighting can also make a big difference to the visitor experience.
Historic England lists various ways that a historic building can benefit from outdoor wall lights — but other workplaces can be boosted for the same or similar reasons. The plus points of exterior wall lights for commercial properties include:
- Visually presenting the building and its surroundings as desired
- Highlighting key architectural features of the property
- Protecting the structure against the risk of vandalism
- Making sure that onsite lighting conditions can be easily adjusted
- Keeping light pollution or overspill to a minimum
Given increasing environmental concerns, it is also convenient that a replacement set of outdoor lights can also help lower a workplace’s carbon footprint. The LED bulbs stocked here at Vision Lighting are about 90% more energy efficient than the more traditional incandescent lighting.
The various types of lighting appropriate for outdoor use
The ‘right’ choice of outdoor wall lighting for your needs will naturally depend on precisely what those needs are. This is why we are careful to offer a wide range of LED wall lighting fixtures.
These are available in a broad array of styles and colours, enabling you to get hold of external LED lights that will look good even when they are switched off. The outdoor wall lighting fixtures we offer — depending of course on stock availability — include:
Swan neck lighting
This particular lighting source is named for the design of its casing, which indeed resembles a swan’s neck, resulting in a classy and timeless look.
For this reason and due to the targeted direction in which the light is cast, a swan neck light can be especially suitable for lighting up a pub sign. When ordering a Vision Lighting swan neck light, you can choose one of two colours for it: black or brass.
When choosing bulbs, it’s worth checking out our range of A60 LED bulbs. The swan neck accepts the E27 base, so it would be advisable to select the correct E27 bulb. You should also take into account how bright you’d like the bulb to be so that the swan neck light is fit for its intended use.
Outdoor up and down wall lighting
One challenge with installing wall lights is the risk of creating uneven lighting, which can leave parts of the wall in shadow.
Fortunately, our new Outdoor Up and Down Wall Light provides a solution. This fixture ensures a consistent sheet of illumination both up and down your property, eliminating those troublesome shadows.
Available in five stylish colours, Black, Gold, Grey, Silver and Aluminium Polished, our up and down wall lights are versatile enough to complement various architectural styles. The aluminium polished option is perfect for modern buildings, while the copper finish is ideal for adding character to heritage properties. With an IP54 rating, these lights are durable and weather-resistant, making them a reliable choice for any outdoor setting.
Spotlighting
Spotlights are good for lighting the way — literally — on walkways and driveways, though spotlight products can differ in exactly what benefits they bring.
For example, we offer fully adjustable Fumagalli Tommy-EL LED spotlights that show no visible screws. With the ability to adjust the tilt on the spotlights you can perfect the light spread across the space.
Lantern lighting
Another potential issue with wall lighting is that the physical fixtures can stand out a little too much against the walls they are affixed to. However, this is less of a risk with LED lanterns which make for traditional decorative styling.
LED lanterns come in all shapes and sizes, from more traditional styles found on pubs across the UK, to post lanterns in public parks, and even hanging chain lanterns on a domestic property adding character to the outdoor space.
6 benefits of outdoor wall lighting in the home
We don’t just offer outdoor wall lighting for commercial use as lights of this type can also fulfil a wide variety of useful purposes in a domestic setting. Here are good examples of what wall lights can do for an open-air residential space:
1. Make the space look nicer
Your garden might have certain features — like a fountain, a pond, or even just tastefully designed paving — that you would like to be kept visible even during evening hours.
A few strategically placed wall lights can be your friend here — and help you to strike a pleasing ambience with your garden’s illumination.
2. The lights can look good too
Of course, what exactly makes lights look ‘good’ is a matter of taste. However, we are sure that when you browse our selection of wall lights you will find some that you can quickly imagine having visual appeal in your particular outdoor space.
3. Bolster safety and security
Certain areas of a domestic exterior space — like a walkway, driveway, and steps — can be blind spots in the home’s security. When left literally in the dark, these areas can be convenient hiding spots for a would-be thief.
Fortunately, you could arrange the installation of lights equipped with motion sensors so that any budding burglar lulled into a false sense of security can be foiled upon approaching your home.
4. Add to your home’s market value
A safer and better-looking home is likely to be a more desirable home too. Therefore you know what to do if you are looking to offload your residential property.
A home that boasts stunning kerb appeal can increase the property’s chances of attracting more prospective buyers by as much as 50%.
5. Amplify existing design elements of the home
It’s a testament to the wide range of designs available for wall lights that many can now be fitted to homes without looking out of place there. In fact, the lights can even come across as though they were installed on the property back when it was originally built.
6. Incentivise you to spend more time outdoors
If your garden lacks any kind of artificial light source, you may often understandably choose not to spend much time there in the evenings. However, having lights affixed to a wall adjoining that garden can make it practically possible for you to spend more of your time there.
How to choose the right wall lighting for your needs
While only you can answer the question of what your personal needs actually are, some of them could go without saying.
For example, you will obviously want wall lights capable of holding up in various weather conditions. We can provide lights of this description as Vision Lighting is an ISO 9001 and ISO 14001-certified company.
You are also likely to want lights that are energy efficient to use — and our LED-compatible wall lights meet this criterion, making it easier for you to save on running costs.
However, other needs of yours could depend on what exactly you want to illuminate. For example, if you only want to light specific areas perhaps because some areas are inaccessible, sources of targeted lighting like swan neck lights and lantern lights could be what you need.
Meanwhile, if you would like the external lights to be discreetly located, you should probably avoid any that are particularly elaborate in design.
Looking for LED wall lighting? We’ve got you covered
We can put you at ease about any concerns you may currently have about LED wall lighting. We are an approachable team ready to provide expert advice if you need it.
If you are still struggling to decide what kind of wall lighting you should opt for, don’t be afraid to reach out to our Leeds-based company by emailing info@vision-lighting.co.uk or calling +44 (0) 1132 799 745. You could also fill in and submit our contact form if it suits you better.