Holiday Light Installation, Service and Takedown

The season, start to finish

1. Measure, in daylight

Late summer or early autumn. We measure the runs, check the outlets and look at how we are going to reach the high sections before any of it is priced.

2. Build the strands

Runs are cut and assembled to your elevations in the shop, labelled by where they go. Install day is hanging, not measuring on a ladder in the cold.

3. Install and set the timer

Clips on gutters and shingle edges, connections tucked out of sight, photocell or timer set to your hours before the crew leaves.

4. Service through the season

Wind and ice bring runs down most years. An outage or a dropped section gets a return visit, and it is in the price rather than a call-out charge.

5. Take it down in January

Scheduled when the install is scheduled. Leaving a display up into February is what shortens the life of the strands and the clips.

6. Store it labelled

Everything comes back to us, labelled by elevation and stored dry. Next season is faster to install and costs less because of it.

What we will not do

Staple, nail or screw anything into fascia, trim or shingles
Walk a roof pitch or an ice load the crew should not be on
Hang strands that are too far gone to last the season
Leave connections sitting in standing water or snowmelt
Overload a circuit rather than tell you it needs another one
Leave a display up past January because the schedule slipped

Install and takedown questions

Can you hang lights I already own?

Often, and we will tell you honestly when it is not worth it. Strands that have already done several seasons tend to fail in the cold, and a repair visit in December costs more than the strand did.

What if a storm takes a section down?

Call us. Storm damage is part of what the service call covers while the display is up; it is a normal part of a Nebraska season rather than an exception.

Do I have to be home?

For the measurement it helps, because that is when you tell us what you want lit. For the install and the takedown, no.

When exactly does takedown happen?

Through January, on a schedule we set with you when the install is booked. Weather moves individual days, but the month does not move.

Where are the lights kept between seasons?

With us, labelled by elevation and stored dry, unless you would rather keep them. Storage is in the price and it is what makes the second season cheaper than the first.