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It starts with a conversation Nothing gets mounted until the design is settled. Somebody walks the property, asks how you use the outside of your home, and figures out which lines are worth lighting. There is no charge for it, and you are not signing anything to have it. The design is drawn for your house Your house has its own lines, so the plan gets drawn for it. The design should work with the house, following the roof edge, the gables and the entry. Businesses get the

Why it has to be LED Hardware that stays up year round faces a harder test than hardware that lives in a box eleven months a year. That rules out the bulbs that go in a tub in January. The case for LED is heat, power draw and durability, and all three matter when the thing never comes inside.None of this means you need to understand electronics. It is a reason to want a specific answer about the hardware, instead of a general assurance. The people who can walk you through i

The reason homeowners call The job seems small in the driveway, then it eats a whole weekend. Add the steep pitch, a roof with a real pitch to it, and the fact that December in the Upstate can be wet, and a lot of people decide it is worth hiring out. What the service includes A full Christmas light installation is more than a crew showing up with your old strands. First a design, based on your roofline and your yard. Then the install, handled by people who do this all sea

A quick glossary Three words get used in every quote and most homeowners have never needed them before. The fascia is the vertical board along the roof edge, the one the gutter hangs on. The soffit is the horizontal surface tucked beneath the overhang. Eave is the general term for that overhang.You will not need this vocabulary often, but it appears in every estimate, and it is easier to compare two quotes when both are describing the same part of the building. So when the

A quick glossary The roof edge comes with vocabulary, and the names are worth two minutes. The fascia is the flat board facing you at the edge of the roof. The soffit is the underside, the panel you see when you stand under the overhang and look up. Eave is the general term for the projecting section.You will not need this vocabulary often, but it turns up in every proposal in this trade, and it is easier to compare two quotes when both are describing the same part of the b

What most people install first Almost everybody starts with a floodlight. The instinct is understandable and mostly wrong. A single harsh source carves the yard into a bright patch and a black rim, and those shadows are worse than the original dark.Taken together, the advice runs against the instinct. Lower output, wider coverage, careful aim: that is the whole approach. It costs no more than the floodlight approach in most cases, and it works. Coverage, not intensity What

Why December looks the same every year Around Thanksgiving, the tub of holiday lights comes out of the garage. The strands are tangled, one section refuses to light, and the ladder is waiting by the garage door. You put up with it because the house looks good lit, but nobody enjoys the setup. Then in January you take it all down again. Permanent Christmas lights, explained plainly Permanent Christmas lights is a different approach. A slim LED track is installed once along

The reason homeowners call Hanging Christmas lights sounds simple until you are on the ladder in a cold wind. Add the second story, gutters you would rather not lean on, and the fact that December in the Upstate can be wet, and a lot of people decide it is worth hiring out. What you should be getting The job breaks into a few pieces, and the last one is the one people forget. First a design, based on your roofline and your yard. Then the install, done by a crew with the ri