Christmas Light Installation: Design, Install, Takedown and Storage|Hiring a Christmas Light Installer? What to Look For

The reason homeowners callHanging Christmas lights sounds simple until you are on the ladder in a cold wind. Between the ladder, the weather, and the strands that quit halfway through, hiring it out stops feeling like a luxury.What a real installation service includesA full Christmas light installation is more than a crew showing up with your old strands. First a design, based on your roofline and your yard. Then the install, done by a crew with the right ladders and the right hardware. Then maintenance during the season, since something always needs a look. And then takedown, then off season storage, so nothing comes back into your garage.Storage is the underrated partEverybody thinks about the install. Fewer people think about the takedown. EverCrest Lighting takes it down at the end of the season and stores it off season, so next year starts with a https://trentonbsba618.lumenforgex.com/posts/permanent-holiday-lights-a-guide-for-homeowners-tired-of-the-ladder-are-permanent-holiday-lights-worth-it-an-honest-look https://trentonbsba618.lumenforgex.com/posts/permanent-holiday-lights-a-guide-for-homeowners-tired-of-the-ladder-are-permanent-holiday-lights-worth-it-an-honest-look phone call instead of a tangled box.Residential and commercial holiday lightingHome installs are about the front of the house and the yard. For a business, holiday lighting is about being seen, which is why storefronts, entries and patios get the attention. The install schedule is usually the negotiation, since most businesses want the ladders gone before the doors open.Worth putting in writingAgree on what gets lit specifically: the roof edge, the porch, the trees, the walk. Agree on who owns the lights, since that decides where they live after the season. Settle the end of season in the same conversation as the install.What should be on the pageOne line and a price is not something you can weigh against another company. It should say which parts of the property are included specifically enough that nobody is guessing: the roof edge, the porch, which trees, which walks. It should say who owns the materials, because that decides what happens in January. Takedown and off season storage should be spelled out, 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 worth describing. A crew shows up on a scheduled day, the lights go up, and you did not touch a ladder. After the season the crew returns for the takedown, and the boxes do not come back to your garage.If you would rather stop repeating thisIf you are booking this every December, ask about permanent lighting at least once. Permanent lighting goes up once that covers the holidays and the rest of the calendar too. EverCrest Lighting installs both. The consultation is free. Based in Greenville, they cover Upstate South Carolina and Western North Carolina. Reach them at (864) 252-1732 or info@evercrestlighting.com.