A definition worth having
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, daylight hides most of it.
The usual places it gets mounted
Most installs follow the roofline, then add gables, dormers and porch lines where the design calls for it. On a commercial building the same idea covers storefronts and facades, entrances, parking edges and signage areas. Good design works with the building's lines, which is why nothing here is one size fits all.
What you can do with it
Control is a phone app. Pick a color, pick a pattern, schedule it to come on at dusk, then leave it alone. The everyday setting is usually a plain warm white, with color saved for the occasions that call for it. It is the same hardware doing curb appeal, holiday color and after dark visibility, which is the real case for it.
Residential and commercial are not the same job
On a house, the brief is the front of the home and the walk to the door. On a commercial building, the job is different: the building has to be visible and legible from the road after sunset. A storefront lit in the company's colors reads from further away than the sign does.
Before you commit
Ask whether the crew is theirs or a subcontractor. Ask for the plan for your house before you talk about price. Ask who you call for support down the road. Those three answers separate one quote from another better than the bottom line will.
Where permanent outdoor lighting is not the answer
Not every house is a candidate, and an honest company will say it out loud. If you are selling next spring, the math is different. A dark walkway is a landscape lighting problem, no matter how good the roofline looks. And if you only decorate every few years, seasonal lights are the better answer. The point of the free consultation is to work out which of these you are.One
https://evercrestlighting.com/permanent-lighting/ more thing worth knowing about permanent systems: everything mounted up there stays out in the weather. That puts the fastening, the track and the workmanship near the top of the list of things to ask about. A clean install holds up. A rushed one shows in daylight, which is the opposite of the point.
Is it right for your property
It makes the most sense for homeowners who host, or anyone who has run out of patience with seasonal strands. The right first step is a design drawn for your house, not a price pulled off a website. EverCrest Lighting designs and installs permanent outdoor lighting for residential and commercial properties across Upstate South Carolina and Western North Carolina. The consultation costs nothing. Reach them at (864) 252-1732 or
[email protected].