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Outdoor and Landscape Lighting in Hendricks County
Path lights that make the front walk safe in January, uplights that show off the house, floodlights that come on when something moves, and patio lighting that keeps the deck in use past sunset. Installed on real outdoor circuits, not a cord from the garage.
Good outdoor lighting is mostly about what you do not see
You notice the effect: a lit walkway, a warm glow on the brick, a backyard you can use in October. What makes it last through Indiana winters is underneath: outdoor-rated wire in conduit, weatherproof boxes with in-use covers, GFCI protection, transformers sized with headroom, and connections that will not corrode the first time the yard floods. We install the part you see and the part you do not.
Outdoor lighting we install
- Low-voltage landscape lighting: path lights, uplights, well lights, step and deck lights
- Line-voltage porch, garage, post and coach lights on switched or dusk-to-dawn controls
- Motion-activated security floods at driveways, side yards and back doors
- Patio, pergola and deck lighting, including string-light circuits that are actually wired for it
- Holiday lighting outlets on eaves and soffits, on a timer, so the ladder work happens once
- Pool, pond and fountain lighting with the bonding and GFCI protection the code requires
Low-voltage or line-voltage?
Most landscape lighting today is 12-volt LED fed from a transformer plugged into a GFCI outlet. It is safe to bury shallow, easy to add to later, and cheap to run. Line-voltage (120-volt) fixtures are the right call for security floods, post lights at the end of a long drive, and anything that needs real output. Many yards get both, and we plan the circuits so the transformer has an outlet where it belongs and the floods have a switch inside the house.
How an outdoor lighting job goes
- Walk the property at dusk if we can. Where you walk, where it is dark, what you want seen and what you would rather hide. A plan for the fixtures and the controls comes out of that walk.
- Circuits and controls. A dedicated outdoor circuit where the load calls for it, GFCI protection, and the control you want: dusk-to-dawn photocells, timers, motion sensors, or smart switches you run from your phone.
- Run and bury. Utility lines marked, trench cut, conduit or direct-burial cable to depth, and boxes set plumb with in-use covers.
- Set and aim. Fixtures mounted, transformer wired and set, lights aimed after dark so the effect is what you pictured rather than a glare in the neighbor's window.
The mistakes we get called to fix
Indoor wire buried in the flower bed. A transformer running at its limit that dims every fixture. Outlets with no cover that trip the GFCI every rain. String lights hung from the same overloaded outlet as the grill and the fridge. Fixing them is usually straightforward, and doing it right the first time is cheaper than doing it twice.
Outdoor lighting by town
The larger lots and older trees around Zionsville and Mooresville make for the best uplighting work. In the Avon, Plainfield and Brownsburg subdivisions the calls are mostly for motion floods, coach lights and patio circuits; the HOAs there often have rules on fixture style and light spill, and we work within them.
Outdoor lighting questions
The fixtures themselves are low risk, but the outlet the transformer plugs into has to be a GFCI-protected outdoor receptacle on a circuit that can carry the load, and it has to be where the transformer goes. That part is electrical work, and a system planned by someone who understands voltage drop over long runs is one where the far fixtures are as bright as the near ones.
The number and type of fixtures, how far the runs are and how much has to be trenched, whether new circuits are needed at the panel, and the controls you choose. We quote after walking the yard with you, and we can phase a larger plan so the front walk and the security lights go in first.
Yes. Smart switches, smart transformers and photocell timers can all be set up so the lights follow sunset, run on a schedule, or turn on from your phone when you pull into the driveway.
Water is getting into a box, a fixture or a splice somewhere on the circuit. The fix is finding the wet connection and sealing it properly, usually a missing in-use cover or a buried splice that was never in a rated connector. Replacing the GFCI alone rarely helps for long.
Related work and nearby towns
Tell us what you want lit and what you want dark.
A daytime photo of the yard and the house is a good start. We will plan the rest with you at dusk.
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