Browse Forums Lighting + Lighting Design 1 Feb 22, 2021 8:16 pm We are stuck between a rock and a hard place at the moment about which way to go for our facade lighting. LED downlights in the eaves or up/down lights on the front wall/s. Anyone have any opinions or personal experiences with how each look and perform? Are there any pros and cons or is it just aesthetics only? Drawing of our facade below - we were thinking 4 lights across the front (1 each end and 1 in front of the front columns). Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Follow my build here: https://www.instagram.com/ivy5custom Re: Facade Lighting - up/down lights vs downlights 3Feb 22, 2021 8:20 pm arcadelt ...or, wall washers. Well now you've thrown another spanner in the works Never even heard of them. Follow my build here: https://www.instagram.com/ivy5custom Re: Facade Lighting - up/down lights vs downlights 5Feb 23, 2021 3:26 pm Monty85 We are stuck between a rock and a hard place at the moment about which way to go for our facade lighting. LED downlights in the eaves or up/down lights on the front wall/s. Anyone have any opinions or personal experiences with how each look and perform? Are there any pros and cons or is it just aesthetics only? Drawing of our facade below - we were thinking 4 lights across the front (1 each end and 1 in front of the front columns). Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ What's the purpose of the lighting; aesthetics, security or..........? Re: Facade Lighting - up/down lights vs downlights 6Feb 23, 2021 3:28 pm Althom Monty85 We are stuck between a rock and a hard place at the moment about which way to go for our facade lighting. LED downlights in the eaves or up/down lights on the front wall/s. Anyone have any opinions or personal experiences with how each look and perform? Are there any pros and cons or is it just aesthetics only? Drawing of our facade below - we were thinking 4 lights across the front (1 each end and 1 in front of the front columns). Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ What's the purpose of the lighting; aesthetics, security or..........? Primarily aesthetics But secondary reasons being for practicality and I guess security but that hasn't been a motivator at all. Follow my build here: https://www.instagram.com/ivy5custom Re: Facade Lighting - up/down lights vs downlights 7Feb 25, 2021 6:30 am i like out of sight out of mind so i went with downlights in the eaves across the facade and also in the front porch on a seperate light switch I said after the 1st build “ never again “ & now im on my 3rd Re: Facade Lighting - up/down lights vs downlights 8Feb 25, 2021 10:48 am You have a similar façade to us. We did up/down lights on the posts, a downlight at the front door and a spotlight (same design as the up/down light) over the driveway. We love the effect we get. They are on 3 separate switches. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ We also did downlights down the sides of the house, so it's not dark if you go out there at night time. Building Standards; Getting It Right! 1. optional, you can but normally just use the earth from the main switch board 2. should be enough but the distance determines voltage drop - sparky should work it… 1 29427 I have a really long hallway which is 1100mm W x 11500mm L I would appreciate if anyone can give suggestions to light it up with Linear LED lights that goes from wall to… 0 9334 What? It's a lighting question, the control joint is only needed at 12m centres, a bulkhead or change of direction will suffice as a 'break' in the ceiling, just make… 8 9012 |