Everybody plans the install. Almost nobody plans January
The whole discussion is about getting them lit. That is understandable. But the season ends, and then there is a second job nobody scheduled. The people who asked the question up front are the ones not on a ladder in the cold.And that is unfortunate, since the takedown is where a service is really tested. Anybody can put a display up. The question is what the arrangement looks like when the season is over. That question is worth asking before you book, not the one you have in January.
Doing it yourself, honestly
The takedown is worse. Cold, dark by five, and nothing to look forward to. Then the strands go into a bin, and the bin goes into the attic, and something in there stops working before you see it again.
Takedown as part of the job
Takedown should be part of the service, not a separate call. At the end of the season the crew comes back and it comes off the house. The lights get labeled, packed and kept in storage until next year, so they come back out ready. You never store a single strand.
Why storage is not a small detail
Three things happen when the lights do not live at your house. Space comes back. The lights do not degrade in a hot attic, because they are stored properly rather than compressed under something heavy. Labeling is why year two looks like year one.
If you would rather not repeat this
The other option makes January irrelevant. Permanent lighting has no January. It is a different purchase with different math, and it does not suit every household. But if the takedown conversation is the part you dread, it is a fair question to raise.
Mid season service
Over a full season, something will eventually need a look. The question is what happens then. Some companies include service through the season. Others bill each trip. Ask while you are still comparing companies, not on the twenty second of December.
Year two is a phone call
The first season involves a design conversation, decisions and a plan. After that, the design already exists and the materials are already labeled. Next season is a call, a date and the same display back on the house. If you want it extended or scaled down, it adjusts from what already exists.
What to settle in writing
Get it in writing: is the takedown part of this number. Ask where the lights are stored between seasons. Ask roughly when in January the crew comes. EverCrest Lighting handles takedown and off season storage on holiday lighting, and installs permanent LED systems for anyone finished with the yearly cycle, for residential and commercial properties across Upstate South Carolina and Western North Carolina, from Greenville. Consultations are free. Reach them at (864)
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