By Ross Janezich, Master Electrician & Co-Owner
The short answer
Landscape lighting installation in Magnolia should light the walk, the oak, and the front door — not the whole street. Janezich Electric installs low-voltage path lights and uplights with a sized transformer on a GFCI-protected source, buried for clay and hard rain.
Magnolia yards do half the living from March to October. Store-bought spots that die after one summer are not landscape lighting. Janezich Electric installs path lights, tree uplights, and entry lighting that is buried and sealed for this soil.
Pinehurst, Tomball, and The Woodlands yards get the same rule: pick what you want seen, size the transformer, protect the source.
Start with what you want seen
The walk from the driveway, the live oak, the front door — pick two or three. Lighting the whole yard like a ball field washes out the house and annoys the street.
Transformer and GFCI
The box has to be sized for the run and GFCI-protected. We do not hide a mystery transformer behind a shrub with a zip-tie cord.
Low voltage vs line voltage
Most Magnolia yards are low voltage. Long architectural floods or a distant oak may need line voltage. We say which one you are buying before we trench.
Aim after dusk
If the schedule allows, we aim at night. That is when you see glare and dark holes — not at 2pm on Saturday.
How to start
Tell us what you want lit and send a daytime photo of the front. Call 346-236-3512.
Common questions
Do you install low-voltage landscape lighting in Magnolia?
Yes. Most yards are low voltage. We use line voltage only when the run or fixture needs it.
Will the transformer be on a GFCI?
Yes. The source is GFCI-protected and labeled.
Can you add lights to an existing system?
Sometimes, if the transformer has capacity. We check before we trench.
Do you work Pinehurst and Tomball too?
Yes, and anywhere else in Texas.
