Home Lighting Installation in Melbourne

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Home lighting doesn’t only provide illumination – it also affects how you feel while you’re living there. Whether it’s for daily task areas like your kitchen or creating interior ambience, choosing the right lighting for your home can make a big difference.

Planning your household lighting

Proper planning is necessary to make sure that you install the most appropriate type to suit the needs and uses of various rooms. You want to avoid under-lit spaces where you need to focus, and over-lighting other areas where you just want to relax and watch TV, for instance. Making a mistake at this point could lead to extra expense if you need changes later.

To help with this, we can divide home lighting into three broad categories:

Ambient lighting

Ambient lighting generally refers to the foundational lighting for your home, like your main ceiling lights and other types of overhead lights, such as chandeliers. It’s designed to provide the overall radiance you need to move around in your home as you do during the day. These are typically installed in lounge rooms and bedrooms.

Task lighting

Instal task lighting in areas where you need to concentrate or just need good illumination. Examples would be the kitchen, the bathroom, a home office or your favourite place to read. This isn’t only important to help you see properly; it will also reduce eye strain that could lead to deteriorating vision in the long term. You can add additional smaller lighting units in these spaces too, like under-cabinet lights in the kitchen and vanity lighting around the bathroom mirror.

Accent lighting

Accent lighting is typically used for decorative effects. You can use it to highlight architectural features or ornaments, or simply to set the right mood (it’s also called mood lighting). Floor and table lamps are examples, as well as softer wall-mounted bedroom lights.

If you want assistance with home lighting planning in the Melbourne area, STL Electrical can provide expert advice.

Types of lighting in homes

Once you’ve planned your lighting set-up, you can move on to choosing the specific light fittings and components.

Standard ceiling lights

These are the most common light fittings for general household lighting. Ceiling lights are normally placed in the centre of the room so as to spread the light as much as possible. They’re practical and versatile, and can be used in bedrooms, lounge rooms, entrance halls and entertainment areas.

LED downlights

LED lights are becoming hugely popular due to their reduced energy demand. They also provide sharp illumination. You can have them recessed into your ceiling, or instal stylish LED strips. They also have the advantage of being compact and discreet. LEDs work well in all rooms of your home, and it’s a good idea to equip them with dimmer switches. This will increase the versatility as ambient lighting.

Pendant lights

As the name suggests, pendant lights hang from the ceiling. Their wide variety of colours and designs allow them to double as statement pieces – think of an ornate chandelier, for example. They combine illumination with aesthetic appeal, and are often installed above dining room tables. They also work well for kitchen islands.

Portable lamps

Floor lamps and table lamps add accents and additional light wherever you need it in your home. Their portability makes them very versatile, and you can easily colour code the lampshades to complement any room’s décor.

The trend towards smart home lighting

Smart home lighting is finding a lot of favour as we all try to reduce our energy consumption. A smart lighting system allows you to control your lights remotely via a smartphone app, so you can switch them off whenever they’re not in use, even if you’re not at home. You can also use it to change the brightness and colours of your lighting, depending on your needs at any given time.

STL Electrical can help you set up a smart home – don’t hesitate to contact us for services and advice.

Our home lighting installation process

We offer all kinds of home lighting installation in Melbourne, and can manage the entire process for you, from planning to final installation. Our certified electricians have plenty of experience in this, whether you need a full household lighting system for a new home, or want to revamp or enhance your existing system. We only use top-quality fixtures and components.

Here’s our process of ensuring you get exactly the lighting you want:

Discussing what you need and why you need it, to fully understand your requirements and motivations. We’re not just technicians – our experience has shown us that the best results come when we can see things from your perspective.
Conducting a thorough survey of your home, to determine parameters like
ceiling heights, space dimensions and room layouts. We’ll also check for any hard-to-reach places that we need to work in, and decide on a suitable approach for these.
We identify any challenges in implementing your plan, and create solutions. This includes checking the wattage per square foot you’ll need, and any issues in integrating your lighting plan with your existing household electrical circuit.
That done, we create a detailed functional plan for how we will install your lighting system. This covers all the necessary electrical components, the lighting fixtures and the wiring.
We’ll then give you a comprehensive, transparent quote covering all the estimated costs. We can also project your future energy usage based on your new system, as well as potential maintenance costs.
Once you’re completely happy, we install your new home lighting. You’ll have the peace of mind of working with high-qualified, professional electricians.
Finally, we’ll diligently test all components of your new system to ensure optimal performance. This will also reveal any irregularities with your electrical circuitry, which we can repair on the spot while we’re about it.