The roof edge is the strongest line on the building
Look 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 building reads as a shape rather than a dark mass.Which is why the roof edge is where permanent lighting goes rather than anywhere else on the building. It is the highest impact run on the building, for what it costs to install.
What is up there
The system is a slim aluminum track, matched to your trim color, carrying LEDs along the roof edge. That channel is doing two things, holding the diodes and keeping them out of sight. Because it matches the trim, you generally have to be told where it is.
Where the run stops
Every plan begins at the main roofline, and grows from there. Gables, peaks, porch edges, posts and second story lines all get considered, though a good plan leaves some of them dark. Outline everything and you end up with a shape and no depth, which is the most common way a roofline plan goes wrong.The run itself repays a close look once a crew is done, since holding a true line across a long elevation is not simple.
What it looks like with the lights off
A roofline system is on the house every day, lit or unlit. Matching the channel to the trim or fascia is not a cosmetic afterthought, it is what keeps the front of the home from looking decorated in summer. Mount it tight to the edge, match the trim, and hide the wiring, and the daytime house is unchanged.
One line, several jobs
After install control is an app. Plain white most nights, holiday color when the calendar calls for it, and a schedule that runs it without you. The setting that gets the most hours is the warm white, which is not what most buyers expect going in.
What drives the size of the job
Two houses on the same street can quote well apart. Linear feet is the obvious factor, but it is not the main one. Every corner adds time. Height is the third factor, because a second or third story changes the equipment and the time.
Where it fastens
Homeowners expect it to hang off the gutter, because that is how seasonal strands work. A permanent channel is a different arrangement.
https://evercrestlighting.com/ Fastening to the roof edge is what keeps the line straight for years.
Getting a run designed for your roof
No two rooflines are the same, so the plan gets drawn after somebody looks at yours. 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] and ask what your roof edge would take.