Outdoor lighting questions, answered

It is quoted per project rather than off a price list, because the variables that drive labor are specific to your house: linear footage of roofline, roof height and story count, pitch, how many peaks and dormers there are since each is a cut and a joint, and whether the eave can be reached from a ladder or needs lift access. We measure all of it during the on-site design walk and give you a fixed written price before anything is ordered. Financing is available.

Barely. The channel is slim, mounted tight under the eave, and supplied in several colors so we can match your fascia or gutter. From the street in daylight it reads as trim rather than as lighting — most homeowners cannot pick it out on their own house.

No. The track fastens to the fascia or under the eave, never through roofing material, so the roof envelope is not penetrated and your roofing warranty is unaffected.

Yes to all three. Mounting method changes with the substrate, which is one of the things we work out on site rather than assuming. Homes with unusual fascia detail, exposed rafter tails, or no eave at all can still be lit — the approach just differs.

Commercial-grade diodes are rated for tens of thousands of hours — well over a decade at normal nightly use. Because the system is low-voltage and highly efficient, leaving it on from dusk to dawn costs very little.

Every fixture, connector, and power supply we install is sealed and weather-rated for permanent exterior use. The system is specified for Northern Nevada conditions: freeze-thaw cycling through every joint, snow load sitting on an eave, and the hard UV that chalks and yellows cheaper housings at 4,500 feet.

Yes, and without a ladder. The same track that sits in warm white all year runs seasonal color on a schedule — red and green in December, orange and violet in October, your team colors on game night. Holiday capability comes along with the architectural system rather than being the reason for it.

The runs are sectional, so a fault is isolated and replaced rather than requiring the whole elevation to come down. That is one of the practical differences between commercial-grade track and a consumer product.

Landscape lighting is priced per project after an on-site design, because fixture count is a design decision rather than a formula. Most homeowners start with the front elevation and a few specimen trees, then extend to the back yard on the same transformer once they have lived with it. You get a fixture-by-fixture plan and a fixed written price before anything is ordered.

The system runs on low-voltage wiring fed by transformers plugged into GFCI-protected outlets. That is meaningfully safer than the staple-gunned extension cords a lot of seasonal displays rely on, and there is no annual re-hanging to introduce new risk.

Low-voltage lighting generally does not require a permit, because the system runs at 12 volts from a plug-in transformer. Any new dedicated circuit or exterior outlet is electrical work and does follow local requirements. We will tell you which applies to your project during the design walk.

Very little. An entire low-voltage landscape system typically draws less than a single old halogen floodlight, and permanent roofline LEDs are efficient enough to run dusk-to-dawn for pennies a night. Scheduling and dimming in the app reduce it further.

Most residential projects in Reno and Sparks are finished in one to two days. Larger properties, or jobs combining permanent house lighting with a full landscape system, may run three. We aim every fixture after dark on the final evening, which is when the design actually gets finished.

Plants move, and a fixture aimed perfectly at a young tree is aimed at a bare trunk five years later. We come back to re-aim, adjust brightness, and relocate fixtures as beds mature — that ongoing adjustment is part of doing landscape lighting properly, not an upsell.

Yes — Sparks is half our work. We install throughout Spanish Springs, Wingfield Springs, Kiley Ranch, D’Andrea, the Sparks Marina area, and out toward Sun Valley. Reno work runs across Somersett, Caughlin Ranch, ArrowCreek, Damonte Ranch, South Meadows, Double Diamond, Galena, and the older southwest and northwest neighborhoods.

Reno and Sparks are our core service area and we are on those properties constantly. We also take projects in Carson City, Incline Village, Washoe Valley, Verdi, Cold Springs, Dayton, and the Minden and Gardnerville area, though larger jobs travel better than small ones. Tell us where the property is and we will be straight with you about whether it makes sense.

Regularly. Somersett, ArrowCreek, Damonte Ranch, Wingfield Springs, and Kiley Ranch all have architectural guidelines covering exterior lighting, and several specify shielding and glare limits in writing. We design to those rules and can provide the fixture detail an architectural committee will ask for. If you have your CC&Rs to hand, bring them to the design walk.

Every installation is backed by a manufacturer warranty on parts plus our own workmanship warranty on labor. Exact terms are listed on your written quote, and we are licensed and fully insured on every job.