Category Installation & How-To

I got a call last September from a client who had lost 14 solar path lights in a single overnight…

Stucco and adobe are unforgiving surfaces. They look beautiful, they suit desert and Mediterranean architecture, and they are the worst…

Brick is one of the best wall materials for mounting solar lights, and also one of the most misunderstood. The…

Mounting solar lights on metal siding sounds simple until you actually do it. The first time I tried, I treated…

Stone walls look gorgeous with solar lights grazing up the face of them. Getting the lights onto the stone is…

The solar panel is the part of a solar light that nobody wants to see. The light itself can be…

Most solar lights come as self-contained units with a panel, a battery, and a light head all in one package.…

If you run a lot of solar lights with removable batteries, you eventually hit a wall. The lights in shade…

A garden arch or arbor is one of the best structures in a yard for solar lighting. It is tall,…

A freestanding garden column or pillar is a natural mount point for solar lights. It sticks up above the garden,…

Flat-ground path light advice is everywhere: space them six feet apart, push the stake in, done. The moment your walkway…

A complex yard with path lights, accent lights, floods, and zone controls is an electrical system, whether you treat it…

Gravel and decomposed granite paths are cheap, drain well, and look natural in a garden. They are also the worst…

Construction sites need light. Early mornings in winter, late evenings in summer, interior work in windowless rooms, and night shifts…

A dirty solar panel is a silent killer of solar light performance. The light does not break. The battery does…