Roofline Lighting: Why the Roof Edge Is the Line That Matters|What Makes Roofline Lighting Look Right|Considering Roofline Lighting? Start With the Roof Edge

Why the roofline and not somewhere else

Look https://cruziccf265.publishlane.com/posts/christmas-light-takedown-and-off-season-storage-the-question-that-separates-one-company-from-another-who-takes-down-your-christmas-lights-ask-before-you-book-christmas-light-takedown-what-to-expect at any house after dark and the shape you recognize is the roofline. Nothing else on the house gives you that much unbroken length, and nothing else is backed by open air. Light that line and the whole house resolves.Which is why almost every permanent lighting system starts at that line rather than anywhere else on the building. It is the most efficient piece of exterior lighting a house can have, for what it costs to install.

What is up there

Roofline lighting is a color matched aluminum channel holding individual LEDs, fastened along the roof edge and left there. That channel is doing two things, carrying the LEDs and keeping the daytime look clean. Matched to the trim, it looks like trim from the sidewalk.

Which lines get lit

Every plan starts with the primary roof edge, and grows from there. Gables, peaks, porch edges, columns and upper runs are all candidates, but not all of them get used. Outline everything and the house reads flat, which is the most common way a roofline plan goes wrong.The run itself is worth looking at closely on a finished job, because a straight line held over a long span is harder than it looks.

Daylight is half the job

The hardware stays up, which makes daylight appearance part of what you are buying. That is why the channel gets matched to your trim rather than sold in one color. Tight to the line, color matched, wire tucked: that is the whole standard.

How it gets used

Once the run is in, the rest is what you set it to. Plain white most nights, holiday color when the calendar calls for it, on a timer so nobody has to remember. Most owners settle on a single warm white, using color for the handful of days that call for it.

Why quotes vary

Two houses on the same street can be very different jobs. Linear feet is the first one, but it is not the main one. Every corner adds time. Height is the other one, because a second or third story changes the equipment and the time.

Does it attach to the gutter?

Homeowners expect it to hang off the gutter, because that is how seasonal strands work. The channel mounts to structure, not to a hanging piece of aluminum full of water half the year. Fastening to the roof edge is why the run stays true.

Getting a run designed for your roof

Because houses are not interchangeable, the design has to be drawn for your building. EverCrest Lighting installs permanent roofline lighting for residential and commercial properties throughout Upstate South Carolina and Western North Carolina, based in Greenville. The consultation is free. Call (864) 252-1732 or email [email protected] to have somebody look at your roofline.

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