How Outdoor Lighting Can Improve Your Home's Security

Every door and window in your home is a potential location of entry for a would-be burglar or thief. It is easier for those with bad intentions to successfully enter your home through these locations if they remain in the dark. Residential and commercial LED outdoor lighting makes potential criminals less comfortable to target a property. Proper lighting can reduce or eliminate the number of hiding spots and increase the safety of your family and home. At Westgate Manufacturing, we offer various types of outdoor lighting options to strengthen your home’s security.

Outdoor lighting comes in various sizes, capabilities, and functionalities. It is important to determine what types of outdoor lights will be best to enhance the security of your home. You want the right amount of lighting - not too much that draws too much attention to your valuable assets – but not too little that fails to illuminate key areas of your property and entranceways. Some residential and commercial LED outdoor lighting options include landscape luminary lights, mounted luminary lights, lampposts, food lights, and step lights.

Light Up Entryways

Proper lighting near and around entry points of your property enhances visibility and the feeling of safety at night. When you leave or enter an entrance at your home, you should not have to be concerned because the area is too dark. A proper amount of outdoor lighting at and near an entranceway will allow you to not only find your keys, but also illuminate your surroundings and help you safely travel any nearby walkways or stairs.

Increase Visibility of Entire Property

Fence lighting, pathway lighting, and tree uplighting can enhance the visibility of your property and increase its beauty at night. For proper safety, landscape lighting should light up the entire property so that every corner is visible.

Perimeter Lighting

Proper perimeter lighting can help prevent unauthorized entry onto your premises. This type of outdoor lighting may be installed at trees that border your yard or along fencing. When installed properly, perimeter lighting can also help you see children or pets on your property in the evening hours and lengthen the time period for outdoor activities.

Proper Lighting for Security Cameras

Without proper lighting, security cameras may be unable to pick up certain areas at night. At the same time, the wrong type of light or light direction may blind certain cameras, preventing them from recording certain activities. Proper lighting directed at the right locations is important to ensure security cameras are able to capture all of their viewing area at night.

For information about the selection of residential and commercial LED outdoor lighting products we offer at Westgate Manufacturing, give us a call today at 877.805.2252 or drop us a message through our contact form.