Many people believe that the exterior of a home should be approached with the same responsibility as interior design. But many of them are faced with one problem: how can the architectural elegance of the room be preserved at night? And the solution is quite simple - to make facade lighting of a country house by installing modern facade lamps. Illumination of the pediment of a cottage or house, organized with the help of them, will not allow all this beauty to be turned into a pile of incomprehensible shadows.
Artistic facade lighting of a house has been increasingly used recently to highlight architectural historical monuments, as well as to emphasize the design features of various sports complexes and business centers. In addition, it is in great demand for highlighting residential low-rise buildings. Facade lighting of buildings is very popular, while few home owners realize thatthis event can be organized without problems with your own hands.
To do this, you need to understand that any architectural lighting of various buildings has its own nuances. We will consider them in this article.
Flood light
It is not suitable for low-rise private residential buildings, since the light that illuminates their frontal area can also enter the windows of the house, which will already interfere with a quiet night's rest. In addition, this option for lighting rooms will be able to flaunt its likely architectural defects. Powerful LED lamps are used to organize artistic flood lighting.
They are installed on the highest part of the territory. They are designed to fill with light a cultural monument, standing separately. At the same time, a kind of illumination of the facade should emphasize the original monumentality of the appearance, contributing to a holistic perception of the entire building.
In general, the required effect is provided by the installed facade lighting spotlights. With their help, the building stands out in a peculiar way against the background of the entire surrounding landscape, attracting everyone's attention.
Such architectural lighting of buildings is widely used to illuminate the office of a nightclub or a large company. For a rational distribution of the flow of light, spotlights are placed on the roofs of nearby buildings or on special supports that are installed along the perimeter of the object.
Often this is how an open warehouse is lit.
Artistic LED lighting
Such architectural local facade lighting with lamps allows you to unusually emphasize certain decorative elements of the structure. If the lamps are installed correctly, then such a backlight looks incredibly impressive. It allows you to hide all sorts of flaws in the architecture of the building. And at the same time, it emphasizes in an original way all the advantages of the decoration and architecture of the house. For example, it will be interesting to demonstrate an exclusively designed attic or balcony. For such lighting, LED lamps or spotlights are used, since they can be used to organize a narrowly directed light flux.
Hidden lighting
Such facade lighting of a private house or cottage is carried out using a reflected light beam. The LED light source for this is equipped with a reflector that allows you to form a stream of light of different intensity and configuration.
Hidden lighting of the facade can be illuminating the outlines of the house, silhouette, as well as contour, emphasizing the configuration of the entrance group, window openings, roof.
Tips for choosing facade lighting
Lighting devices that are used for architectural illumination of various buildings must meet the following requirements:
- be protected from various mechanical loads and adverse atmospheric factors;
- ensure safe conditions of use;
- be highly energy efficient;
- facade decorative outdoor lighting should be carried out, as well as good lighting of the entire area adjacent to the building;
- The facade lighting device should have a simple procedure for its installation and subsequent operation.
Variety of performances
Devices that are used for architectural facade lighting of various buildings can be conditionally divided according to the installation method into:
- wall-mounted;
- ground or unpaved;
- invoices;
- embedded.
Recommendation: when planning to use one or another lamp, you need to remember that any of the types has its own lighting area. Therefore, it is advisable to think carefully about the place where it will be installed.
Ground devices
Facade lighting devices of this type are mainly installed near the building. Lamps of this type are widely used to illuminate various architectural structures, as well as to illuminate various elements of the landscape. Most often they are installed in the ground and in an asph alt or concrete base. To ensure good resistance to wind or mechanical loads, the device is installed on a metal, durable frame.
Embedded Devices
These façade lighting fixtures are most often installed in niches specially made in ceilings or walls. On their visible surfaces, only the front side of the device is left. They resemble in their design familiar to manyceiling models.
Wall units
The action of these devices is based on illumination with the help of a reflected stream of light. This allows you to brightly illuminate large areas without blinding people. This is achieved due to the location of the reflector at a distance from the light. It also makes it easier to replace a lamp that has accidentally failed.
These fixtures, LED or halogen, used to illuminate the facades, can direct a fairly bright beam of light into a certain part of the building. It can effectively provide the spotlight. Although sometimes lighting equipment is used for this purpose, which provides a continuous stream of light, such as reflectors.
On-ear devices
Outdoor artistic lighting has been increasingly carried out recently with the help of LED strip. This method of lighting decorative elements at home has a number of advantages:
- manufacturers guarantee their reliable operation for 1000 hours or more;
- allows you to create all sorts of colors due to a wide range of colors;
- lighting with such lamps allows you to reduce power consumption by 5 times compared to conventional halogen lamps;
- lighting decorative tape, consisting of "tiny" diodes, allows you to create the most unusual contours outside the house;
- feature simple installation;
- have a high resistance to various mechanical loads and natural factors.
In addition, they allow you to make the most unusual combinations with other types of industrial lighting.
Design Features
Before starting the installation, it is advisable to create on paper (order from professionals) a facade lighting project. If you have at least some skills in creating facade design, you can independently design a connection diagram for various lighting devices. At the same time, even if elementary illumination of a building is considered a new thing for a person, then it is better to involve specialists in this procedure.
Of course, many homeowners feel that lighting design is just a waste of time and money. But this opinion is wrong. Good lighting design for any low-rise building provides a huge number of benefits:
- determine the ideal number of lighting fixtures, which means finding out how much electricity it will take;
- find the most sophisticated way to light every building, including country cottages;
- outline a plan for arranging the lighting of the exterior of the building;
- calculate in advance the price of all equipment.
Installation
After the house illumination project is drawn up, you purchase facade lamps of suitable models and accessories necessary for them. Having completed the preparatory work, you should proceed with the installation of the lighting system. We install lighting devices in accordance with the finished project scheme.
After fixing the lamps, we pull electric cables to them. To ensure their safe and reliable operation, it is recommended to hide all electrical wiring in special corrugated sleeves.
The LED artistic home lighting is ready. When it gets dark, you can turn it on and enjoy the fruits of your own work.
Recommendation: for facade luminaires, it is advisable to choose a place in accordance with the method of illumination. For example, for the background option, they should be placed at a distance of about 30 centimeters from the house. And if flood lighting was chosen, it is recommended to install lighting fixtures in the highest part of the backyard area.
Estimated cost
Today, a facade lighting device can be bought for 500 rubles, and for several thousand apiece. When planning a purchase, you should understand what exactly affects its cost:
- power;
- manufacturer;
- execution design.
