Start at the top edge
Look at any house after dark and the shape you recognize is the roofline. It is the longest continuous line on the building, and it has open sky behind it, which is why light on it reads from a distance. Put light on it and the outline comes back, which is most of what people mean when they say a house looks good lit.That is the reason the roofline gets the hardware, and why one line up there outperforms a dozen fixtures at ground level. It is the most efficient piece of exterior lighting a house can have, measured by what it changes for what it takes.
What roofline lighting is made of
Roofline lighting is a color matched aluminum channel with LEDs set into it, fastened along the roof edge and left there. That channel is doing double duty, carrying the LEDs and keeping the daytime look clean. Matched to the trim, it looks like trim from the sidewalk.
Where the run goes
Every plan begins at the main roofline, and grows from there. After the main line come the peaks, the entry and the porch roof, each one judged on whether it helps. Outline everything and you end up with a shape and no depth,
https://pastelink.net/7prqnv6b which is the usual mistake.The run itself repays a close look once a crew is done, since holding a true line across a long elevation is not simple.
Daylight is the other half of the design
The hardware does not come down, so the daytime look is part of the product. That is why the color match matters more than it sounds. Mount it tight to the edge, match the color, and route the wire out of sight, and the daytime house is unchanged.
How it gets used
Once the run is in, the rest is what you set it to. Warm white on an ordinary Tuesday. Holiday colors for the season. Orange in October. School colors on a Friday. The setting that gets the most hours is almost always the plain one, which surprises people who bought it for the holidays.
What makes one roofline cost more than another
Two houses on the same street can be very different jobs. Length matters less than complexity. Every corner is another cut, another fitting and another decision. Two stories is a different day than one.
Where it fastens
Homeowners assume the lights clip to the gutter, because that is how seasonal strands work. The channel mounts to structure, not to a hanging piece of aluminum full of water half the year. That distinction matters since a gutter is not a permanent mounting point, and hardware attached to one goes wherever it goes.
Getting a run designed for your roof
Because every roof edge is different, the design has to be drawn for your building. EverCrest Lighting installs permanent roofline lighting for homes and businesses across Upstate South Carolina and Western North Carolina, working out of Greenville. The consultation is free. Reach them at (864) 252-1732 or
[email protected] to get started.