Path, step and feature lighting
The best time to light a garden is while it is being built. We run the cables under the paving and through the walls, so the only things you see are the lights.
12 volt systems, with the transformer in a dry spot you can reach.
Cables run in ducting under paving and decking before the surface goes down.
Deck lights, step lights, wall lights and spotlights for trees and walls.
Lights split into zones, run from a switch, a timer or your phone.
Good lighting starts with the routes. We light steps, paths and changes in level first, so the garden is safe to walk round at night. Then we add light where you sit: warm strips under benches and planters, wall lights on screens and festoons on pergolas.
Everything is low voltage and split into zones, so you can light the patio for dinner and leave the bottom of the garden dark.
In winter you see your garden through the window far more than you sit in it. A few uplights on a tree, a wall or a water feature give you something to look at from the kitchen on a dark evening.
We test the positions at dusk before we fix them, so the light lands where it should and does not shine into anyone's eyes.
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Why Fosse & Fen
Three promises we make to every customer, written into every quote.
The price we give you after the 3D design is the price you pay. If we find something underground that nobody could have seen, we stop, show you, and agree any change before we carry on.
We protect your drive and lawn, keep materials stacked in one place and sweep up before we leave each evening.
Our founder visits every site during the build as well as at the quote. If something needs deciding, you are talking to the person who can decide it.
How it works
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Free
We visit, measure the garden and talk through how you want to use it. We check levels, drainage and access while we are there.
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No obligation
We draw the garden in 3D and walk you round it. Once you are happy with the design, you get a fixed, itemised quote.
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Tidy site
Our team builds it from dig-out to planting. You get a start date, a weekly plan and a tidy site every evening.
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10 years
We walk round the finished garden with you, show you how to look after it and hand over your 10-year workmanship guarantee.
Reviews
They dug out the whole back garden and had the patio, lawn and lighting finished in four weeks. The 3D drawing meant there were no surprises. It looks exactly like the drawing.
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Sarah K.
Nettleham
Owen came out three times during the build to check on things. The lads were polite, started on time every morning and swept the drive every night.
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David and Helen R.
Heighington
Our resin driveway went down in a day once the base was in. Fixed price, no extras, and the guarantee in writing.
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Mark T.
Washingborough
FAQs
If your question is not here, call us on 01632 960418.
Yes, though it is easier and neater during a build. In an existing garden we can usually run cables through borders and along walls, and lift a few slabs where we need to cross a patio.
Yes. A 12 volt system runs from a transformer that our qualified electrician connects to the mains, so the cables in the garden carry a low, safe voltage.
Very little. Modern LED garden lights use a few watts each, so an evening of lighting for a whole garden costs pennies.
Yes. Most of the systems we fit can be split into zones and run from a switch, a timer or an app on your phone.
The lights carry the maker's warranty, and the installation is covered by our 10-year workmanship guarantee. Call us and we will come out and sort it.
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