If you're like most busy homeowners, the last thing you want to do is remember to turn your landscape lights on every night and off every morning. Lucky, you can easily control your outdoor lighting through the use of timers or other controls. 

It's a good idea to discuss future maintenance services and options before having your outdoor lighting installed. Maintenance is essential to the continued beauty and functionality of a system and an easy topic to overlook.

Mulching has its advantages. It's beneficial to the plant material and aesthetically pleasing. But, mulching can sometimes cause problems to a landscape lighting system. Today we wanted to address some common problems and provide tips for keeping your system properly working. 

Steve is a homeowner and has lived in his neighborhood approximately 16 years now. During his time there, he has served in various capacities on the Home Owners Association (HOA) Board of Directors. The low-voltage landscape lighting in the entrance and common areas for the neighborhood was...

A superior product is always the sum of its parts. Landscape lighting systems are no different. At McKay Landscape Lighting, we only use high quality parts and fixtures when installing an outdoor lighting system. Aside from our quality fixtures, there are the parts of the system that homeowners...

Technology has changed a lot in the past twenty years. Did you know that the first outdoor fixtures were developed from mayonnaise jars, painted coffee and fruit juice cans, automobile lamps and 12-volt batteries?

In our previous Ask McKay post we discussed tips for getting started with landscape lighting. For today's post, I talked to our installation technician, Keith, to help me answer this frequently asked question regarding our the outdoor lighting installation process:

Grilling season is upon us since I can already smell the barbecues firing up. This means that we will be outside more, especially in the evenings. It's a great time to have your landscape lighting system serviced before the spring rush hits. Regular outdoor lighting maintenance helps ensure you get...