After a long winter and overdue summer, people are up and ready to start some yard work!  Many homeowners are only now beginning their spring yard clean up.  That work may include raking up leaves and twigs, trimming dead tree branches, re-seeding the lawn, and removing general dirt and grime that accumulated during the winter.  

However, during all this outdoor spring cleaning, don’t overlook the need to clean and service your landscape lighting systems as well. Whether you elect to do this maintenance  yourself or hire a professional lighting contractor to do it, a comprehensive servicing of the landscape lighting system should be done at least annually.  The following checklist provides the required tasks to keep your lighting system looking as good as the day it was first installed:

• Clean all fixtures and lens covers.
• Replace burnt out bulbs.  If you have halogen, consider switching to more eco-friendly LED’s instead.
• Re-anchor and straighten all fixtures as needed.
• Bury/Cover any exposed wiring.
• Check transformer and all connections.
• Check and reset/reprogram timer or control system as required.
• Trim or lightly prune plants and bushes as required.
• Selectively relocate fixtures due to changes and/or overgrowth of landscaping.

Your low voltage landscape lighting system performs nightly and is subjected to every environmental extreme that mother nature can throw at it.  The good news is that it can and will provide you years and years of service as long as it receives regular and routine maintenance from Premiere Lighting.  Once all the hard yard work is done this summer show off your efforts and invest in outdoor lighting to highlight your beautifully landscaped yard!