Low Voltage Brick Lights
Looking for a solution for lighting for a Brick wall along a pathway or outside area. Low Voltage Brick Lights are designed and shaped to take the place of one Brick on your wall to light up an area for security and safety. They are wired to a transformer for power and activation. Depending on the transformer you select, will give you the options of when your light will work.
Styles of Brick Lights
Styles of Brick Lights
Each low voltage brick light will take the place of one brick on your finished wall. Once the light is in place the only thing that you will see is the face of the light fixture, with the many styles and finishes it will be easy to match any decor. Most are made from either brass or bronze finish.
Two major styles of heat resistance light diffusers are used in a brick light. One is a glass insert that takes most of the face area of the light. This can either be frosted or clear. The second style will be louvers. These will be slanted either up or down.
If you choose a fixture with LED bulbs you will save about 75 percent in energy cost without loosing lighting power.
Installation of a Brick light
These lights are made to take the place of one brick on your wall. If the wall is already finished you will have to remove one brick for each light you will install. Temporally place the lighted fixture in its place before removing the brick to make sure the light effect is what you want. These type of lights cannot be moved after they have been installed to another location without some major work.
Old work will be have the most labor involved, and it is not recommended. You will have to remove one brick with a chisel and mason saw to make room for the light. The entire brick must be removed because the light will need the entire space of the brick. Running the low voltage wire will require either removing some of the grout or running the wire through the holes in the bricks. Check local code laws before starting old work.
New work will only require you make sure of your position for your light before you start putting up your brick. You must run the low voltage wire before starting also as you will not want it on the outside of the brick. Running it inside a small piece of conduit will let you change the wire if you have a short sometime later. This may be a requirement in areas with a building code. Please check with your local inspector.
Power supply must be located in the area of the light or lights. Running your low voltage wire from your lights to your power supply will require following local rules. Power supply wattage will need to be more than the total of all of the lights connected. Connection with the wire will be inside of the fixture, unlike regular low voltage lighting.
Conclusion
When looking at lighting solutions for your pathway or outside area, low voltage lights for brick work will look very nice and light up your area for security and safety. You can place low voltage brick lights any place that a brick will fit. You can also use these lights on the facing of steps or along a pathway that has some are to mount a recessed light.
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hey,i love your background picture,it makes the layout of the post look beautiful.
I have noticed from reading this that you know exactly what you are talking about.
Am sure i will refer to this when i get my own home.
its also great you have a platform for interaction
Hi John. Some really helpful tips here. Thanks.
I got that you can get lights of different designs and that you can also get an LED version.
Not sure if you can help out with two questions:
1. Are there a range of sizes available? We’ve got some very old bricks and I don’t think these are standard size.
2. Are the LED units still low voltage?
Hope you can help.
These lights are available with low voltage and LED bulbs. These are higher in price.
Size for the brick lights are almost all the same size. If your bricks are smaller look at one of the Step or Deck lights in a box style.
John
This is a cool product for lighten up a pathway without having to go look for a long pole street light.
Also the fact that is is made with the dimension a brick block in mind, will help make setting it up easier without having to destroy a beautiful brick wall.
Again, it will help beautify the are given the way it will be planted deep inside the wall
This is so cool
Fidel,
Am glad you like the design of these brick lights. It is a lot easier to install before the wall is finished.
John
Hello, John
This is new to me, but it sounds good. It can make a nice view, but need through planning.
Everything must be in place before taking the steps of putting this brick lights in the wall.
If you have few pictures of it in use, It would be great to have the full idea. And have you done it personally? do you have any idea about the costs?
Wow! didnt even know these existed! and they are great, I am now thinking on getting some for my home, I will tell my friends about this product, it would be nice if you uploaded some photos on how the product looks after being installed or maybe I didnt look good enough, anyways great product review, you have the talent to get people interested, wish you the best of luck with your site
Danny,
I have not installed myself yet. My brick is already done and the installation is much more labor intense after the brick is done. As soon as I get someone to have some installed I will upload installation instructions, videos and pictures.
John
We don’t have a brick home but a stucco house. I imagine you couldn’t cut into the stucco without creating a huge mess. Are there options like this that can be applied to other styles of homes with siding and stucco? And when you talk about the wiring, are you wiring on the exterior of the surrounding brick face, or deeper through your walls?
Sarah,
Other styles would do better on a Stucco house. You would just use a fixture with a mounting block.
The wiring on the Brick fixture should be behind the fixture from the wall. The wire run for a wall that is already up would run along the grout line for an installation that the brick is already installed.
John
Thanks for this article. I’ve seen these installed and they look really sharp plus they provide a pretty good deal of light.
Would you recommend this as a DIY project or do think it’d be better to hire an electrician for installation. I don’t have much experience in connecting transformers etc.
RJ,
Installing Low voltage lighting is not that bad. I would get someone to put in the fixtures if this is a wall that is already finished. This is very difficult for a beginner.
John
Hi there I am an electrician myself and i think low voltage lighting is a great idea for a DIY project. Get an electrician to provide the power supply and the driver and from there you can work on the low voltage wiring and putting the lights in the brick. I must admit i haven’t seen any before that are designed to take up a whole brick space and mount flush. I think its a great idea it saves a lot of mess, hassle and custom holes. I might even consider these at home. Cheers
Matt,
The finished product looks like the fixture was made in the wall. The installation process is much easier when you are just building or installing the bricks. Once you have them, there is very little to maintain, just clean the lense and change the bulb if it burns out.
John
Hey John, Its so good to see nice Led lights for outdoors. I have a website talking about nice and trendy home ideas and lights are really a way to create ambiance to any area of your home.
Good tips and I love your website.
Kelly,
Many times the lighting will set the mood for your outdoor space. I have many types of LED lights available, Solar, Low Voltage and Line Voltage. You will have to determine the correct source of power then pick out the lighting that you are looking for.
John
These lights look like they would be the way to light a wall that runs beside a brick wall.I see you can get led which they claim will save 75% on the energy bill, that is a big saving.It looked to me like it would be better to but the lights in as you built the wall.It said you could install them in an old wall, but really did nor recommend it.
Harry,
The installation on an old wall will require you to remove some of the stones. You will have to place the fixture under the stones and run the wire behind the stones under the ground. If you are building the wall you can do this without the removal, it will take less time.
John
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Zach,
Although my state does not let you grow this type of plant, I cannot tell you what the benefits would be if you need this information.
Good luck in your adventures.
John
Hi John,
I really love this sort of stuff and your website is right up my alley. This is a great article on the wall lights – have to admit I have seen these around but had no idea how they were installed. Good informative review. Id imagine this site is working well for you already, but all the best.
cheers
James
James,
The brick lights work well where there is a wall next to a walkway or driveway. Hav8ng them installed when the wall is built will be a lot easier.
John
Where is the best place or places to purchase the whole brick low voltage lights that are pictured on your site? I purchased the Malibu low voltage from Home Depot with the louvered slots and that was a total waste! Hardly no light at all, frosted or clear glass preferred.
Thanks
Larry,
I will link to 1Stoplighting for these lights. Most different styles are available there.
John