Permanent House Lighting
Permanent lighting for Reno & Sparks rooflines
Permanent house lighting is architectural LED track, custom-cut and set into the eave line of your home. Unlike seasonal strings, it is installed once and stays — invisible by day, defining the roofline at night.
Invisible by day, architectural after dark
The channel is slim, mounted tight under the fascia, and supplied in several colors so it can be matched to your trim. From the street in daylight, most Reno homeowners cannot pick it out on their own house.
After dark it does work a floodlight never could. A flood throws light at a wall and flattens it. Track set into the eave traces the actual geometry of the roof, gables, and dormers, so the house reads as a designed structure rather than a lit surface. Because each diode is individually addressable, the system can wash the whole elevation evenly or pick out only the peaks.
Brightness and warmth are tunable from the app, and the run can be zoned so the front elevation holds a different schedule from the back. Most homeowners settle on a warm white somewhere between 2400K and 2700K for everyday use — close to the color of incandescent light, and far more flattering on stucco and stone than the blue-white of a builder-grade fixture.
What a permanent lighting installation includes
Every quote is itemised, so you can see exactly what is being installed rather than a single line for "roofline lighting".
- Custom-cut track color-matched to your fascia, gutter, or trim
- Commercial-grade RGBWW diodes — a dedicated warm-white chip, not three colors approximating white
- Sealed, weather-rated connectors specified for Northern Nevada freeze-thaw
- Low-voltage runs on GFCI-protected circuits, transformers concealed
- Zoning so elevations can run on separate schedules
- App setup and your first saved scenes built with you on site
- Manufacturer warranty on parts plus our workmanship warranty on labor
Specified for a Reno roofline
Roofs here take a harder beating than the spec sheet assumes. At roughly 4,500 feet, UV exposure degrades cheap lenses and polymer housings within a few seasons — they chalk, yellow, and shift color unevenly, so one section of your roofline ends up warmer than the next. Everything we install is specified for permanent exterior use at elevation.
Winter is the other test. Snow load sitting on an eave, then freeze-thaw cycling through every joint in the run, is what works a poorly sealed connector loose. Mounting position matters as much as the hardware: track set too low on the fascia catches ice sliding off the roof. On homes with steep pitches, exposed rafter tails, or no eave at all, the mounting approach changes — which is one of several reasons the design happens on site rather than from a satellite image.
What it costs
Permanent lighting is quoted per project, not per foot off a price list, because the variables that drive labor are specific to your house. What moves the number:
Linear footage of roofline to be lit; roof height and how many stories; pitch, and whether the eave can be reached safely from a ladder or needs lift access; the number of peaks, dormers, and direction changes, since each one is a cut and a joint; the substrate you are mounting into; and how far the run sits from a suitable power source.
We measure all of it during the on-site design walk and give you a fixed written price before anything is ordered. No allowances, no change orders once the scope is agreed. Financing is available.
Permanent lighting across Reno & Sparks
Most of our permanent lighting work sits in the newer hillside developments where rooflines are complex enough to be worth tracing — Somersett, ArrowCreek, Montrêux, and the Galena foothills, where two-story elevations and multiple gables give the system something to describe. Older Reno neighborhoods with simpler rooflines often read better with a lighter touch on the peaks alone.
In Sparks we work throughout Spanish Springs, Wingfield Springs, and Kiley Ranch, where single-story elevations and long straight eaves make for clean, fast installations. We also travel to Carson City, Incline Village, and Washoe Valley for larger projects.
Get a permanent lighting quote
Send us the basics and we will schedule an evening walk of the property. You will see the roofline measured, the track color matched against your fascia, and a fixed written price before anything is ordered.
- Free on-site design walk, no obligation
- Fixed written price — no allowances or change orders
- Financing available
Prefer to talk? (775) 451-3353
Permanent lighting questions
Can I see the track during the day?
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.
Will it damage my roof or fascia?
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.
What happens if one section stops working?
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.
Can I add to the system later?
Yes. Garages, detached structures, and back elevations are commonly added in a second phase. Sizing the transformer with headroom at the first install is what makes that straightforward, and we plan for it whether or not you commit to phase two.
Does it work with smart home systems?
The system runs from its own app for scheduling, zoning, and scenes. We set that up with you on site and build your first few presets together so you are not left with a manual.
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Let’s light it right.
Book a free evening walk of the property. You will see a fixture-by-fixture plan and a rendering of your own home lit before you commit to anything.