Path & Walkway Lighting
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Path & Walkway Lighting in Portland, OR
Path lighting does two jobs at once: it makes walking your property safe after dark, and it draws the eye through the landscape. PDX Outdoor Lighting installs path, walkway, and step lighting for homes and businesses throughout the Portland metro — along front entries and garden paths, down driveways and side yards, and onto the stairs and grade changes that cause most nighttime falls.
The most common mistake in path lighting is treating fixtures like runway markers — evenly spaced, identical, marching in a straight line down both sides of a walk. It's unnecessary, it's expensive, and it looks like an airport. Light pools overlap far more than people expect. We stagger fixtures, space them to let pools meet softly rather than overlap hard, and place them where the path actually needs definition: at turns, at grade changes, at the top and bottom of steps, and at the transition from driveway to front door.
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What Our Clients Say
“Other quotes were a fixture count on paper. These guys walked the yard, explained what each light was doing and why, and the plan matched what we got.”
Landscape & Garden Lighting
Mark R.
Lake Oswego
“Our 1912 Craftsman vanished after dark. They lit the columns and the gable and left everything between them dark. The contrast is the whole thing.”
Architectural & Facade Lighting
Jennifer L.
Irvington, Portland
“Steep lot, and the walk down was dangerous in the wet. Staggered path lights plus lights in the step risers — fewer fixtures than we were quoted elsewhere, better result.”
Path & Walkway Lighting
David S.
West Linn
“Half our system had been dark for two years. They found it in twenty minutes — corroded connectors — and told me the transformer was fine. Could have sold me a new one.”
Lighting Repair & Maintenance
Amanda K.
Beaverton
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Glare control is the other half of the job. A path fixture should light the ground, not your eyes — which means a proper hat or shroud over the lamp and a mounting height matched to the planting around it. We use solid brass and copper path fixtures with real shielding, and in Portland's wet, mossy conditions that build quality is what keeps them working. Composite fixtures crack at the stem after a couple of freeze-thaw cycles; brass just develops a patina and keeps going.
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Path lighting is also the part of a system that takes the most physical abuse — string trimmers, snow shovels, dogs, kids, and the occasional misjudged reversing car. That's a practical argument for brass over composite well beyond the weather: a brass fixture that gets knocked sideways bends back and keeps working, while a plastic one snaps at the stem and needs replacing. It's also why we set fixtures with enough cable slack to be repositioned as beds grow in and plantings change.
We install path and walkway lighting across Portland, Beaverton, Tigard, Lake Oswego, Tualatin, Happy Valley, and the surrounding metro. Whether it's a short front walk or a long garden path with steps, PDX Outdoor Lighting builds it to be safe, subtle, and durable. Contact us for a free consultation.
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How We Work
Free Design Consultation
We walk your property with you, talk through what you want the space to feel like after dark, and note the trees, architecture, and pathways worth lighting — no pressure, no obligation.
Your Lighting Plan
We put the design on paper fixture by fixture — what gets lit, from where, with which beam spread — and price it as a fixed proposal. Nothing is ordered and no deposit is taken until you've approved it.
Clean, Low-Voltage Install
Our crews hand-dig and tuck 12-volt cable below grade, set transformers discreetly, and mount solid brass and copper fixtures — with your lawn and beds left the way we found them.
Night Aiming & Ongoing Care
We return after dark to aim every fixture by eye, set your timer or app schedule, and walk the finished system with you — then keep it dialed in with optional annual maintenance.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
How far apart should path lights be spaced?
Do I need lights on both sides of the walkway?
Can you light steps and grade changes?
Will path lights shine in my eyes?
Can path lighting connect to my existing system?
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Serving the Greater Portland Area
PDX Outdoor Lighting installs path, walkway, and step lighting throughout Portland, OR and the surrounding metro. Staggered, shielded brass fixtures light the ground rather than your eyes, with particular attention to the steps and grade changes common on our hillside lots — from Portland and Tigard to West Linn, Happy Valley, and Tualatin.
- Portland
- Lake Oswego, OR
- Beaverton
- Tigard, OR
- Tualatin
- Hillsboro, OR
- Milwaukie
- Happy Valley
- Sherwood
- Aloha
- Multnomah County
- Washington County
