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It starts with a conversation Nothing gets mounted until the design is settled. That visit covers the roofline, the gables, the porch and anything else worth lighting. It costs nothing, and nobody expects a decision on the spot. The design comes before the price Every roofline is a little different, which is why a template design usually looks off. A good design traces the lines the building already has: the roof edge, the peaks, the columns, the entry. Businesses get the

Before any hardware goes up The first step is a free consultation, not a truck in the driveway. That visit covers which edges to run, where the power is, and how you want to use it. The consultation is free and there is no obligation attached to it. Custom design, not a template Every roofline is a little different, which is why one plan does not fit every home. The design should read the house, picking up the roofline and the peaks and the porch edge. On commercial work t

A quick glossary The roof edge comes with vocabulary, and the names are worth two minutes. Fascia: the board at the edge. Soffit: the panel below. Eave: the overhang itself.You will not need this vocabulary often, but it appears in every estimate, and quotes are hard to compare when you are not sure what is being described. When somebody says the channel mounts under the soffit, you now know what part of the house they are pointing at. Why the track goes there Permanent li

The December routine most people repeat Around Thanksgiving, the tub of holiday lights comes out of the garage. The strands are tangled, a whole run stays dark, and the ladder is waiting by the garage door. Most people do it anyway, because a lit house feels like the holidays, but nobody enjoys the setup. And then in January you do the whole thing backwards. Permanent Christmas lights, explained plainly Permanent holiday lighting solves it a different way. A slim LED track

The roof edge is the strongest line on the building Look at any house after dark and the shape you recognize is the roofline. It is the one line that runs the whole width of the house, and it has open sky behind it, which is why light on it reads from a distance. Put light on it and the house has an edge again, 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 the reason a single run there does more

The back of the house has a different job Front yard lighting is seen from outside. Out back you are inside the lighting, not looking at it. That flips most of the design rules. Nobody is grading the back yard from the street. What matters is whether the space still works after dark.The short version: do not treat the back as an afterthought of the front. A roofline system handles the street view and very little for the space behind it. Two spaces, two separate sets of requ