Paving lights

[John25]

We've been asked by a customer to install led recessed lights in the edge course of a new driveway. Has anyone had any experience fitting these & know any particular types best to use or any tips or tricks to the job thanks

[Pablo]

Hi John,
My only tip would be to not go near lighting and fob it off to a spark who can spec it and take the phonecalls when they inevitably stop working in a years time.
Garden and driveway lights are a bloody minefield and I refuse to go near them now unless the budget is significant, they can't be done on the cheap.

[lemoncurd1702]

Chap I did some landscaping work for, retrospectively installed solar driveway lights. Looked fine to me and a much simpler option, just cut out a block after drive is installed.
No cables, wiring etc probably doomed to fail at some point though.

[lutonlagerlout]

pablo is bang on
we did a heritage job and they specced some high end paving lights (£300 each) 200mm uplighters
lots of really pain in the arse wiring and drainage detail

6 month later 9 out of 10 had failed

AVOID

LLL

[lemoncurd1702]

paver lights

Keep it simple.

Meant to add, let them know the potential probs.
Advise but don't commit.

Must say though that lighting in a garden make a big contribution to the overall look.