The roof edge is the strongest line on the building
Look at any house after dark and the outline you pick out first is the roof edge. It is the longest continuous line on the building, and it sits against the sky, so it has contrast working for it. Put light on it and the
https://evercrestlighting.com/about/ house has an edge again, which is most of what people mean when they say a house looks good lit.Which is why almost every permanent lighting system starts at that line instead of being spread across the walls. One continuous line, installed one time, carrying the whole outline: that is the case for it.
What roofline lighting actually consists of
The system is an aluminum channel, color matched to the trim, with the LEDs running inside it. That channel is doing double duty, holding the diodes and keeping them out of sight. Because it matches the trim, you generally have to be told where it is.
Where the run goes
Every plan begins at the main roofline, and grows from there. After the main line come the peaks, the entry and the porch roof, added only where it adds something. Outline everything and the house reads flat, which is the usual mistake.Look along a completed run from one end, because a line that stays true over that distance is the mark of a careful install.
The noon test
The hardware does not come down, which makes daylight appearance part of what you are buying. Matching the channel to your trim color is not a cosmetic afterthought, it is the thing that keeps the house looking like a house in July. Mount it tight to the edge, match the color, and route the wire out of sight, and nothing about the daylight view changes.
One line, a lot of uses
Once the run is in, the rest is what you set it to. Plain white most nights, holiday color when the calendar calls for it, and a schedule that runs it without you. Most owners land on one white and leave it, and save the color for occasions.
What drives the size of the job
Two houses on the same street can quote well apart. Linear feet is the first one, but it is not the main one. Every corner adds time. Two stories changes the job.
Does it attach to the gutter?
The gutter comes up in almost every consultation. The channel fastens to the roof edge itself, not to a hanging piece of aluminum full of water half the year. That distinction matters since a gutter is not a permanent mounting point, and anything fastened to one inherits its problems.
Getting a run designed for your roof
Because houses are not interchangeable, the design has to be drawn for your building. EverCrest Lighting designs and installs roofline lighting for residential and commercial properties throughout Upstate South Carolina and Western North Carolina, based in Greenville. The consultation is free. Reach them at (864) 252-1732 or
[email protected] to book the free consultation.