Christmas Lighting Installation, Design, Install, Takedown and Storage|Hiring a Christmas Light Installer?

The case for not doing it yourself

Hanging Christmas lights is fine right up until the second story. Add the steep pitch, gutters you would rather not lean on, and weather that does not cooperate, and a lot of people decide it is worth hiring out.

The parts of the job

A proper Christmas light installation covers more ground than most people expect. First a design, drawn for your house rather than pulled off a shelf. Then installation, which is the part you are really paying to skip. Then maintenance through the season, because a strand will eventually act up. And then takedown, then off season storage, which is the part that keeps your attic empty.

Storage matters more than people think

Everybody thinks about the install. Fewer people think about the takedown. Takedown and off season storage are part of the https://pastelink.net/if6f8sxt service, which means nothing lives in your attic between seasons.

Residential and commercial holiday lighting

At a house, the design is the roof edge, the entry and whatever is worth lighting in the yard. Commercial holiday lighting has a different point: a lit building pulls attention in a season when everybody is competing for it. The install schedule is usually the negotiation, because the work has to fit around open hours.

Nail these down first

Agree on the scope in plain terms: the roof edge, the porch, the trees, the walk. Agree on who owns the lights, because it changes what happens in January. Settle the takedown while you are still talking about the install.

What a proper estimate should tell you

One line and a price tells you nothing you can compare. Scope should be written down: the exact lines and features included. It should say whose lights these are, since that determines where they go after the season. Takedown and off season storage need to be on the quote, not left to a handshake. And it should say what happens if something quits in the middle of December.What December looks like when somebody else does the work is the part worth picturing. A crew shows up on a scheduled day, the display goes in, and you did not touch a ladder. In January another day gets scheduled and it all comes down.

The other option: lights that stay up

For anyone who does this annually, a permanent system is a fair question to raise. Permanent lighting goes up once that covers the holidays and the rest of the calendar too. EverCrest Lighting does both. Consultations are free. They serve Upstate South Carolina and Western North Carolina from Greenville. Reach them at (864) 252-1732 or [email protected].

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