Pool lighting has the power to transform your backyard into a resort-like oasis, creating a fun place for summer barbecues or an upscale space for sophisticated entertaining. Pool lighting is also essential for safety, helping to define your pool’s edges and guiding movement around walkways and stairs.
If you’re looking to upgrade your pool area for backyard entertaining, explore these creative pool lighting ideas from the expert electricians at Signals Electric, and let us help you find the perfect pool lighting solutions for your backyard.
Underwater LED Lights
These long-lasting, energy-efficient lights create a soft, yet vibrant glow beneath the water’s surface. Choose from a variety of colors, or opt for a WiFi-enabled smart pool lighting system that allows you to adjust the color and brightness to fit the mood with the touch of an app. You can even schedule automatic transitions and sync your pool lighting with music.
Under-Coping Pool Lights
For those who prefer a more subtle, high-end aesthetic, LED strips mounted underneath the lip of the pool coping can illuminate pool edges for a defined silhouette. The soft, low-voltage LEDs cast a gentle wash of light down the pool walls, beautifully framing the pool edges and creating a striking visual effect, while enhancing safety.
Step & Pathway Lighting
Lighting along pathways and steps leading to the pool area, as well as the pool steps themselves, provides both visual appeal and added safety. Popular choices include riser lights in the vertical faces of stairs, and recessed LED lights installed in the pool deck and around patio and walkway edges to guide movement and add ambiance.
Ground-Level Uplighting
For backyards with landscaping or architectural features positioned around the pool, directional spotlights placed at the base of hedges, ornamental grasses, trees and retaining walls, can frame the pool area and extend the visual boundaries of your backyard, creating depth, elegance and a resort-like aesthetic.
Seating Area Lighting
Classic, weather-resistant bistro stings lights hung above your patio, dining space or pergola create an intimate gathering area, while wall-mounted sconces along adjacent walls or fences add a stylish, ambient glow. For a more discreet option, LED fixtures can be installed beneath the coping of seating walls or fire pits, creating a soft, downward wash of light.
Pool Lighting Solutions for Lake George, Queensbury & Saratoga
With the right pool lighting, you can continue to enjoy your backyard and pool long after dark, and Signals Electric can help you select the best pool lighting solution to fit your needs. From energy efficient, low-voltage LED lights to wet niche lights capable of withstanding the elements, our team ensures seamless integration with lifestyle and current electrical systems.
For a free in-home consultation and estimate for pool lighting services in Queensbury, Lake George, Saratoga and throughout the southern Adirondacks, request a free estimate or call 518-217-2865.