Before proceeding with the selection of specific fixtures, well plan the external lighting of the entrance to the house. Most luminaires available on the market, that work well near the door, powered by mains. Before installing them, it is necessary to bring the power cables to a predetermined place.. Therefore, it is worth starting the design of external door lighting at the stage of construction or finishing of the house., to aesthetically hide electrical cables in the facade of a building.
There are several effective and highly aesthetic ways to illuminate the entrance. If you have a roof in front of your door, you can install lamps directly under the ceiling. Thanks to this, you will avoid the risk of blinding people in front of the door. You will also thoroughly illuminate not only the door itself., but also the entire entrance to the house.
A very popular solution is to install lamps USS 70 focus on the facade of the building on both sides of the front door. This solution is ideal for modern building blocks, who don't have a roof over their door. This type of lighting will work well with traditional homes as well., in which there is only a small canopy over the door.
If you like original solutions, you can use led strip, which can be placed in the door block and even in the threshold. Then you get entrance lighting from below. This solution is very aesthetically pleasing, but has a number of disadvantages, and above all can blind a person, standing in front of the entrance.
When designing lighting for the entrance to the house, be sure to place the selected lamps in such a way, so that the light beam emitted by them does not blind a person, located in front of the building. Also keep an eye on, to prevent light from entering the building too much through adjacent windows, as it may disturb people in the house.