The part of December nobody looks forward to
A week or so after Thanksgiving, the box of Christmas lights comes out of the garage. The strands are knotted together, one section refuses to light, and somebody is about to climb a ladder in the cold. You put up with it because the house looks good lit, though the setup is nobody's favorite part. Then in January you take it all down again.
What permanent Christmas lights really are
Permanent Christmas lights is a different approach. Instead of hanging strands every season, a low profile LED track is installed once along the roofline and left in place. Because the track is color matched to your trim, it disappears into the house by day. Control lives in an app on your phone. Red and green in December, warm white the rest of the year, and anything you like in between.
What that means for you
Nobody climbs anything, which matters more as roofs get steeper. The part people do not expect is how often it gets used the rest of the year. A soft white glow on the roofline helps you see the walk and the driveway. Birthdays, team colors on a Saturday, Halloween, an ordinary weeknight: it is all the same system.
Fair questions to ask
The first question is always about daylight. Nobody wants Christmas hardware visible on the front of the house all summer. The color matched track is the answer to that. It is sized to sit tight against the trim line and painted to match, so at noon from the sidewalk it looks like trim.After daylight, the next question is about the years after the install. Anything mounted outside has a day when it needs attention, and the answer you want is a local crew rather than a phone tree.
Which one fits you
There is a real case for classic strands. Some people genuinely enjoy the yearly setup, and some homes carry the old style well, and the first year costs less. The permanent system wins on the repeat, and it does a second job the other eleven months. Either way, a good company will say plainly which one suits you.
The cost question
Nobody can quote a system sight unseen, and any company that tries is guessing. The better question is what the next five Decembers cost you, in money and in Saturdays, rather than only the first invoice. Add up the strands, the replacements and the weekends. Then ask what it is worth to have the roofline lit on ordinary nights too, since that value gets left out of
https://evercrestlighting.com/about/ most comparisons.The other half of the answer is the company. The cheap quote usually skips the design step, and that is exactly where the result comes from.
What the next step looks like
Every house is different, so the honest answer comes after somebody looks at it. EverCrest Lighting does permanent LED lighting for homeowners and businesses across Upstate South Carolina and Western North Carolina, out of Greenville. Consultations are free, the design is built around your house, and the install is done by their own crew. Reach them at (864) 252-1732 or
[email protected] when you want a look at your house.