Westchester Path Lights Die When Plantings Swallow the Transformer
Westchester path lights die when plantings swallow the transformer. Greenwich and Scarsdale beds fill with hydrangeas and yews by August. If a tech cannot reach the box, the run stays dark through a dinner party. Bellantoni Landscape treats access as part of lighting service, not as a catalog afterthought.
Cut a service notch to the transformer
Mark the box on a sketch. Keep a walking strip through the front bed. Two feet of open mulch is enough. A solid hedge with no gap means every night repair starts with pruning. Write the location in the property file so a technician who was not on install day can find it after dark.
Foundation yews on older Rye lots hide timers. Keep that notch on the prune list so it does not grow shut again. Related reading: lighting needs re-aiming as plantings grow.
Path lights belong on the walk edge
Do not drop fixtures into the middle of a perennial mass. They will vanish by next July. Set them at the walk edge or on stakes that can be reset after mulch. Walk the real night route: parkway to stoop, side gate to garage. Accent trees can wait. Dark steps cannot.
Snow piles and downspout splash bury low lamps. Keep hardware off last year's stack. Irrigation that soaks a fixture all summer fails the connection. Fix that overlap with irrigation before you replace lamps.
One dark lamp is plants. A dark zone is power.
Do not order a new system because shrubs covered three heads. Open the transformer first. Check the timer. Then prune for access and re-aim. Send a dusk photo of the walk, a day photo of the box, and any recent planting. Call 914-948-6468 or use contact.
Are Fixtures Buried or Dark?
Send night photos and where shrubs or snow hide lamps. We will plan access with aiming.