The part of December nobody looks forward to
Every December, somebody drags the same box down from the attic. Half the strands are knotted, one section refuses to light, and the ladder is already leaning on the gutter. You put
https://evercrestlighting.com/ up with it because the house looks good lit, but nobody enjoys the setup. Then, once the season ends, you climb up and undo it.
A simple explanation of permanent Christmas lights
Permanent Christmas lights take the yearly setup off your calendar. Rather than putting strands up each year, a low profile LED track is installed once along the eaves and left in place. Because the track is matched to your trim, it reads as part of the roofline in daylight. When you want it on, you pick up your phone. Pick red and green in December, then leave a warm white on for everyday.
What changes at your house
The climbing stops, which matters more as roofs get steeper. The less obvious win is that you are not buying a decoration you use for five weeks. Warm white along the eaves is genuinely useful after dark. The same track handles a party, team colors, and an ordinary evening.
The two questions everybody has
Everybody asks about the daytime look. The worry is reasonable: hardware that announces itself from the street. That is what the color matched track is for. It is sized to sit tight against the trim line and painted to match, so from the street in daylight it reads as part of the roof edge.After daylight, the next question is about the years after the install. Ask who you call a year in, because that is where companies differ.
Which one fits you
Traditional lights still have a place. If you look forward to it, or you skip some years entirely, strands make sense. The permanent system wins on the repeat, and it does a second job the other eleven months. Either way, an installer worth hiring will tell you which one fits your house.
How to think about what it costs
Nobody can quote permanent Christmas lights 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, not what one line costs today. Count the strands you replace, the time it takes, and the years you plan to keep doing it. Then ask what it is worth to also have light on the house every other night of the year, because that is the part the comparison usually misses.Price is only half the decision. The cheap quote is often the one with no plan behind it, and that is exactly where the result comes from.
How to find out what it would cost
Because no two rooflines are the same, the design comes before the number. EverCrest Lighting does permanent LED lighting for homes and businesses throughout 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. Call (864) 252-1732 or email
[email protected] to get on the schedule.