Track, in short
- Channel under the shingles or on the fascia
- Wiring hidden inside the channel
- Reads as one built-in line from the street
- The premium option, and the slower install
- Choose it if daytime appearance is your top concern
Permanent Roofline Lighting
What Permanent Lights Look Like On Your House At Noon
Two different products, two different answers. One of them nearly disappears in daylight. The other one you can see up close, and we would rather you heard that from us.
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Option One
Track: A Thin Line You Have To Look For
The bulbs drop into a slim aluminum channel that runs under the shingle course or along the fascia. The wiring runs inside the channel, so there is no cord on the outside of the house.
Your fascia is already a straight painted line under the edge of the roof. The track follows that same line, which is why it reads as trim rather than as lights. From the sidewalk it looks like one crisp built-in edge. At midday, most people will not pick it out at all.
Standing right under it you can see it. It is a real object on a real house. It looks like a narrow strip of trim, not like a string of Christmas lights.
Option Two
Puck: You Can See It Up Close, And That Is The Trade
Pucks are individual lights mounted in a row under the eaves, with the wiring running along the surface between them. No channel, so the install is quicker and the job costs less.
The row is visible up close. Stand on the front walk and look up under the eave and you will see a line of small pucks and the cord that links them. That is not a flaw, it is how the product is built. From a car going past, most people never notice it.
So the honest way to choose is this. If somebody walking up to your front door noticing a row of pucks would bother you, buy the track. If it would not, puck gives you the same colors and the same phone control for less money.
Puck, in short
- Individual pucks in rows under the eaves
- Wiring mounted on the surface
- Low-profile row, visible up close
- Quicker install, the value option
- Same color changing and same app control
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Being Straight With You
Nothing On A House Is Invisible
Read this before you sign anything, ours or anybody else's
Permanent lighting is a product fixed to your house. Track hides the wire and follows a line that is already there, which is why it fades into the roof edge from any real viewing distance. Puck does not hide the wire. Both are visible if you stand under them and look.
If you want nothing on the house for eleven months of the year, then permanent lighting is the wrong product for you and the seasonal C9 install is the right one. It goes up in October, comes down in January and gets stored for you until the next season.
That is the trade in one sentence. Permanent buys you no ladder and lighting all year. Seasonal buys you a house with nothing on it in July.
Common Questions
Daylight, Wiring And Choosing Between Them
Will permanent lights look ugly on my house in the daytime?
Track drops the bulbs into a slim aluminum channel with the wiring inside, so it reads as one crisp line and is close to invisible at midday. Puck is surface-mounted in a row under the eaves, and that row is visible up close.
What is the difference between track and puck?
Track is the premium option, with the bulbs and the wiring inside an aluminum channel. Puck is the value option, mounted in rows with the wiring on the surface. It installs faster, it costs less, and it shows more.
Can people see it from the street?
Track reads as a thin trim line and most people never pick it out. Puck is easy to miss from a passing car and easy to see standing under the eave. Anyone telling you their permanent lighting cannot be seen at all is selling.
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The Other Questions People Ask
How does any of this attach to my roof?
The exact method for clips and for track, and the promises we will not make.
Do I have to store all this in my garage?
Not with the seasonal service. It comes down, gets labeled and goes into storage.
Why not just buy lights at the hardware store?
A fair comparison, including when doing it yourself is the better answer.
Roofline length, peaks, stories and access. What the number is built from.
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