Why Up Lighting Is a Better Alternative to Recessed Soffit Lighting
Soffit lighting is frequently the least effective approach to illuminate a home's exterior, despite being the industry standard.
Soffit lights are frequently used to illuminate a home's exterior facade. Contrary to what many people think, this is not the ideal approach. Using soffit mounted lights, it is impossible to illuminate every part of your facade. Learn more about why we nearly never advise soffit mounted down lighting and always advise ground mounted up lighting.
The Psychology of Up Lighting: Get Noticed
Sunlight is a source of natural lighting. Since the look is unnatural when illuminating from the bottom up, it is more obvious to the human eye. In comparison to soffit placed down lights, ground mounted lamps that uplight the exterior of the home are more striking and conspicuous. The eye is drawn up as a result, emphasising the magnitude of the house. Conversely, recessed soffit lights lead the eye downward by pooling light on the ground. Except for the soffit light itself, which emits a bright, obtrusive light, soffit down lights leave the fascia and soffit of the house completely dark.
The Importance of Lighting Effect and Fixture Location
The term "grazing" describes the lighting effect we're after. A method called grazing is used to draw attention to a rough surface or architectural feature, such a stone or brick wall. It is accomplished by mounting a light fixture parallel to the surface and placing the light source nearby, often 12 to 24 inches away. This has the effect of gently and attractively illuminating the surface.
Even if you wanted to, you couldn't change the soffit lights because they are fixed to the soffit. The light source is only 2 to 3 inches away from the home's exterior, which creates glaring, brilliant areas that don't showcase your house correctly. Ground-mounted lights can be changed as needed for the optimum effect; they are not fixed.
Any well-balanced architectural lighting plan must include illumination for the home's gables. The triangular peaks between the edges of crossed roof pitches are known as gables. The majority of homes feature gables, but because soffit lights are attached to the bottom of the eaves, they are purposefully insufficient to illuminate them. Without gable lighting, a house loses its sense of scale, you can't see its most intriguing architectural features, and the house may appear unnatural and chopped off after the first level.
How should a garage be illuminated?
The absolute best technique to illuminate a garage is up lighting. This gives the house a constant uplighting effect and gives the fascia and soffit a subtle wash. When we uplight a garage, we can position the lamp correctly (the right distance from the house), creating a more enticing lighting effect.
However, we don't want to install a directional fixture here because it's unattractive and could present a trip risk. For a polished appearance, we wish to recess the fixture into the driveway. We drill a brass well light into the drive using a core bit. The low voltage wire is then run down the path that has been created, ideally through an existing concrete expansion joint, until it reaches a place where it can escape onto turf. The place where we ground our wire path was then covered with concrete, leaving almost no trace after the installation is complete. Running low voltage wiring for lighting is our area of expertise.
Soffit lights have their place, but ground-mounted up lights are typically the best option for lighting a home or building's exterior. Get in touch with us if you're curious to know more about the variations between soffit and ground mounted lights.
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