Philips Hue Garden Lighting Installation in London

• A power supply of 40 W or 100 W, rated IP67 and double insulated, taking mains from a plug and giving out a 0.6 m low-voltage lead
• Hue's outdoor extension cables, rated IP67 and listed at 24 V DC, joined with screw-together T-connectors
• Lights such as Lily spots on ground spikes with adjustable mounts, the larger Lily XL, Calla pedestals and the outdoor strips
• Base kits, which Hue sells with a power supply included

• The 40 W supply takes up to 35 m of cable in total
• The 100 W supply has two outputs, each with up to 30 m of cable
• Hue's extension cable page gives 35 m as the total system length per power supply, so where the pages differ the pro plans within the shorter figure
• The Flux outdoor strip comes with its own supply or joins an existing low-volt run, where its 30 W at 10 m counts towards the budget

• An existing outdoor socket: reviews on Hue's own UK pages complain that the supply's plug does not suit outdoor sockets, so a socket with a deep in-use lid, or a weatherproof box around the plug, may be needed and is agreed at cost before booking
• No outdoor socket: a pro who does electrical work can add one as a spur from an existing circuit, which is not notifiable in England but must have 30 mA RCD protection (BS 7671 regulation 411.3.3); ask your pro for a Minor Electrical Installation Works Certificate for it
• A mains cable buried on the way to that socket needs armour or a duct, normally at least 600 mm down with marker tape, according to ELECSA's garden guidance
• An extension lead trailed out of a window is not a fixed supply, and pros do not leave the lights running from one

• Cable runs along walls, fences and bed edges, away from where a spade or mower will go, and through conduit under paving
• Hue's UK pages give no burial depth for the low-volt cable; its US guide says the cable can be tucked under mulch or a thin layer of soil, with no deep trench or metal conduit
• Spikes set firm in the bed, and any wall mounts fixed with masonry plugs, so lights stay aimed where you chose

• The first light goes where the house can still reach it, often on the back wall, and the rest step down the garden from there
• Every light is paired, named and grouped by area in the app, then tested from the far end of the garden

• Flux outdoor strip, 10 m: comes with a low-volt power supply or joins an existing low-volt set-up; the strip is IP67 but Hue rates its power supply IP20, so the supply needs a dry spot; it cannot be cut or extended
• OmniGlow outdoor lightstrip, 3 m, with a resealing kit that Hue sells separately
• Festavia permanent, 18 m with 32 pods, for eaves and rooflines: Hue's UK page lists a 24 V input, an IP65 rating and a power supply in the box

A vetted pro prices your Hue job from the products and your photos, and the JACK app shows that fixed price before you book.

Whether the job touches your wiring matters more than how many lights there are. Fitting B22 or GU10 bulbs, setting up a Bridge and plugging in lamps, Play bars or a lightstrip is set-up work. Ceiling lights, Perifo track, wall switch modules and mains outdoor lights are electrical work on your existing circuits, priced for the isolating, connecting and testing each one needs.

Then the home itself: a heavy fitting that has to go into a joist, a high or sloping ceiling, a two-way landing that needs a module at both switches, old cable with no earth, or a long garden run for low-volt lights. On a high ceiling or a long fitting, your pro can ask another pro on JACK to help through the Pro2Pro feature. Several Hue jobs, and devices from other brands, go on one booking for one fixed price.

You buy the Hue products; JACK does not sell them. Accessories the job needs, such as a deeper back box, an in-use cover for an outdoor socket or aluminium channel for a strip, are agreed and added at cost before you book, and so is parking where it has to be paid for. Prefer to pay for time? As a guide, hourly hire is typically £45–£95 per hour for smart home work and £55–£110 per hour for electrical work, and a full-day handyman booking is a flat £350–£400 for up to 8 hours on site, which suits a whole-house Hue fit.