Permanent Outdoor Lighting in Charleston, SC
A clean line of light along the roof, every night of the year. One part of a complete outdoor lighting plan.
What permanent roofline lighting is
Permanent lighting is a slim channel mounted just under your eaves, holding individual LED pixels spaced evenly along the roof edge. Lit, they read as a crisp row of points tracing each gable and eave line, not a strand of hanging bulbs and not a glow smeared across the siding.
The track is matched as closely as possible to your trim so it sits quietly on the house by day. In the evening you choose the look from an app: soft warm white for everyday architecture, or color for the holidays and occasions you celebrate.
Why homeowners choose it
- No more ladders each season. The lights stay up year-round, so there is nothing to hang in November or take down in January.
- Warm white first. Designed to frame the architecture nightly, with color available whenever you want it.
- Simple control. Schedules, brightness and colors from your phone.
- Clean lines. Placement follows the roof edges, with neat corners and the low-voltage cable routed neatly along the exterior trim.
Better together with landscape and architectural lighting
Roofline pixels outline the house. They don't light the oak in the front yard, wash the piazza columns from the ground, the steps or the path to the door. That's the work of landscape lighting and architectural lighting.
We design all three as one plan, so the roofline, the facade and the garden feel balanced rather than competing. Your free quote covers the combination for your own home, with written pricing before you decide.
How it works
It starts with a free quote. We talk through your goals and your property, including which roof lines to trace and where the track will sit. If you'd like to go ahead, we prepare a written quote for your home.
On installation day we mount the track, run the low-voltage cable neatly along the exterior trim, connect the controller and set up the app with you.
Your Investment
Most permanent lighting projects run $3,000–$8,000, depending on the length of your roofline and the complexity of the install. Your exact price is provided in writing with your free quote.
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Frequently Asked Questions
The track is a slim channel mounted on the exterior trim at the eave and matched as closely as possible to your trim color, so it reads as part of the roofline rather than as a light fixture. We talk through the placement as part of your free quote.
No. Most homeowners run a soft warm white every evening for architecture and curb appeal, then switch to color for holidays, game days and occasions.
Yes. Colors, brightness and schedules are set from an app, and we walk you through it after installation.
Yes. Many homes look best with roofline pixels framing the house while landscape and architectural fixtures light the trees, columns, walks and entry. We design them together.
Most permanent lighting projects run $3,000–$8,000, depending on the length of your roofline and the complexity of the install. Your exact price is provided in writing with your free quote.