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Why the roofline and not somewhere else

From the street, what you actually see at night is an outline, and the roof edge draws that outline. Nothing else on the house runs that far uninterrupted, and nothing else is backed by open air. Put light on it and the outline comes back, which is most of what people mean when they say a house looks good lit.That is the reason the roofline gets the hardware, and why one line up there outperforms a dozen fixtures at ground level. One continuous line, installed one time, carrying the whole outline: that is the argument.

What is up there

Roofline lighting is a color matched aluminum channel with LEDs set into it, mounted along the edge and left in place year round. That channel is doing two things, holding the diodes and keeping them out of sight. Matched to the trim, it looks like trim from the sidewalk.

Where the run stops

The main roofline comes first, then the design decides what else is worth adding. Gables, peaks, porch roofs, posts and second story lines all get considered, but not all of them get used. Outline everything and the house reads flat, which is the usual mistake.The run itself repays a close look once a crew is done, since holding a true line across a long elevation is not simple.

Daylight is half the job

A roofline system is visible twelve months a year whether it is on or not. That is why the channel gets matched to your trim rather than sold in one color. Mount it tight to the edge, match the trim, and hide the wiring, and the daytime house is unchanged.

What you do with it once it is up

Once the run is in, it is a phone app and a color. 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 almost always the plain one, which surprises people who bought it for the holidays.

What drives the size of the job

Two houses on the same street can be very different jobs. Linear feet is the obvious factor, though it is rarely what separates two quotes. Every direction change is another cut, another fitting and another decision. Height is https://privatebin.net/?0307f26b6681c8ed#AHrZQKeoKPrdj7zGcBxKCAnyA3Ys3VuSwUiMnSWegBUa the third factor, because a second or third story changes the equipment and the time.

Where it fastens

The gutter comes up in almost every consultation. The channel mounts to structure, not to a hanging piece of aluminum full of water half the year. That distinction matters because gutters move, sag and get replaced, and hardware attached to one goes wherever it goes.

The next step

No two rooflines have the same shape, so the plan gets drawn after somebody looks at yours. EverCrest Lighting designs and installs roofline lighting for homes and businesses across Upstate South Carolina and Western North Carolina, working out of Greenville. The consultation is free. Call (864) 252-1732 or email [email protected] to have somebody look at your roofline.

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