What gets left out of the conversation
Holiday lighting conversations happen in October and November and stop at the install date. That is understandable. But the season ends, and everything that went up has to come down. The people who thought about that in October are the ones not on a ladder in the cold.Which is a shame, because it is the half that separates one company from another. Anybody can put a display up. The question is what the arrangement looks like when the season is over. That question belongs in the first conversation, not the one you have in January.
What a January ladder day actually looks like
Taking lights down is the harder of the two jobs, and almost nobody expects that. The weather is colder. The motivation is gone. And the reward for finishing is a tangle of strands you now have to store. Whatever goes into that box is in worse shape next season.
How it should work when it is part of the service
On a properly structured holiday lighting service, January is already covered. When the season ends, the same company returns and takes it all down. The lights get labeled, packed and kept in storage until next year, ready to reinstall the following season. You never handle any of it.
Why storage is not a small detail
Three things come out of somebody else storing it. Space comes back. Condition holds, which is most of why strands fail. And because they are catalogued to your property, next season looks like this season.
The permanent alternative removes the question
The other option removes the takedown conversation entirely. Permanent lighting does not have a takedown. It is a bigger first step, and it does not suit every household. But if the takedown conversation is what is bothering you, it is a fair question to raise.
What happens if something quits in the middle of December
A display runs for a month or more, and something occasionally acts up. What matters is the response. 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 takes real work. Once a display is designed and stored, repeating it is administrative. Next season is a call, a date and the same display back on the house. Changes build on the existing
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Questions for the quote
Get it in writing: does this quote cover removal. Ask whose lights these are, because that decides where they end up. 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 homes and businesses across Upstate South Carolina and Western North Carolina, based in Greenville. The consultation is free. Call (864) 252-1732 or email
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