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Your building works after hours whether you light it or not People drive past your building in the evening every day, and what they see is either a lit facade or a dark rectangle. Unlit, the building disappears, and so does the business in it. Light means the building is still communicating.This is not an aesthetic decision for a commercial property. The building is on display whether the doors are open or not, and light is what keeps it communicating. It is one of the few

Why this keeps coming up around Greenville Around Greenville, more rooflines are lit every December, and they are not coming down afterward. What you are looking at is a permanent LED system, installed along the roofline and left there. What it means for an Upstate house Holiday color is what starts the conversation. What keeps people happy with it is the ordinary nights. A warm white line along the roof means the front of the house is not a dark shape at nine at night, wh

Everybody plans the install. Nobody plans the takedown The whole discussion is about getting them lit. Which makes sense, because that is the visible part. Then it is January, and the lights are still on the house. The people who asked the question up front have a much better January than the people who did not.Which is a shame, because January is where the difference between companies actually shows. Anybody can put a display up. The real question is about February. That q

Where homeowners go wrong Outdoor lighting gets quoted fast and understood slowly. A template plan and a custom design often quote close together, and look nothing alike at night. Ask whether the design is yours Ask to see the design before you talk price. If somebody can point at the gables and tell you why, you are talking to the right people. A company that cannot is selling you the same job they sold the last house. What happens later? Lighting lives outside, so ask w

A quick glossary The roof edge has parts with names, and the names are worth two minutes. 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. The eave is the part of the roof that hangs out past the house.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 whe

Start with what it is Permanent outdoor lighting is a fixed LED system mounted along a building's rooflines, eaves and edges and left up all year. It replaces the strands you hang and take down with hardware meant to stay outside. Because the track is color matched, it mostly disappears in daylight. The usual places it gets mounted The main roofline is the anchor, and gables, dormers and porch edges get added where they help. Businesses use it the same way, around storefro

Most of the decision is made before anybody quotes you Outdoor lighting gets quoted fast and understood slowly. One company is pricing a standard package, another drew something for your house, and you cannot tell from the page which is which. Is there a real design? The first question is simple: is there a plan drawn for my house? A company that works from the building's own lines can explain every run. A company that cannot is selling you a package. After the crew leave

Where homeowners go wrong Outdoor lighting is one of those services where the quote arrives before you know what you are comparing. A package price and a plan drawn for your house often quote close together, and look nothing alike once installed. Ask whether the design is yours The first question is simple: what does the plan for my house look like? A company that designs for the property will be able to tell you why the light goes where it goes. A company that will not is