Fall weather is the perfect backdrop for outdoor gatherings, but with shorter daylight you need to make sure your outdoor space is ready for the transition. Here are 5 ideas to make sure you entertain safely outdoors this fall.
Man Cave
Upgrade your garage space to a gathering space. Installing lighting, TV’s, gaming consoles, and security wiring, are all ways to make this space a party into fall.
Landscape lighting
Functional and practical landscape lighting can serve as an uplight to show off a treasured oak or help light the pathway to your backyard BBQ. Lighting steps and walkways is a smart safety measure to keep your guests from tripping or falling over unseen hazards.
Dining outdoors
Outdoor kitchens and dining spaces are even more popular this year with restrictions on dining out at restaurants. Installing lights on a pergola or an outdoor-rated chandelier on a patio can create an atmosphere of elegance to your space. Wiring for outdoor lighting can be complicated and should only be done be a professional.
Decked out
Spending time entertaining on your deck can be made safer by installing lights on the deck railings, posts and stairs. The lights can help outline where it’s safe to lean against a railing or head down the stairs
Lighting up play
Outdoor lighting is important if those basketball games, or pick up football games extend into the evening hours. Let them go into overtime by lighting up your backyards or sport courts!
Lighting up your outdoor space is even more important than what’s on the grill! Installing outdoor electrical outlets and landscape lighting can help make outdoor entertaining easier and safer by having convenient outdoor-rated access to electricity. Avoid long extension cords that can be tripping hazards and inconvenient. GFCI-rated outlets are the only safe way to provide electricity outdoors because they incorporate a ground fault circuit interrupter which can detect a malfunction in the current and prevent electric shock or in some cases fires.
We’ve lasted six months of our new normal, and one thing is for sure, we will all want to extend our time spent outdoors, and entertaining this fall. Walter Electric can help!