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The best Christmas light colors depend on your siding. White and light-colored houses look best with warm white or classic red and green, gray houses pair well with cool white and icy blue (or warm white to soften the gray), and red brick looks richest under warm white, amber, gold, and deep green....
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Hanging Christmas lights on a steep roof is one of the riskiest chores of the holiday season. Once a roof climbs past a 4/12 pitch, footing gets far...
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When you get permanent lights, you choose how much of the house they cover: just the front roofline, the front and sides, or the full perimeter...
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Every fall, more homeowners decide this is the year they stop climbing ladders in December. The first real step toward permanent Christmas lights is...
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Lighting up your home every night is a different commitment than hanging a strand of bulbs for three weeks in December. Once the lights are...
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Most photos of permanent lighting show a tidy ranch house with one long, level eave. Plenty of homes look nothing like that. Maybe yours has a sharp...
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A roof replacement or new gutter system is one of the biggest exterior projects a homeowner takes on, and if you already have permanent lighting...
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Most conversations about permanent lighting picture a detached house with a roofline that belongs to one owner from end to end. Plenty of people live...
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A lifetime product warranty sounds like something that just happens automatically: no forms, no follow-up, nothing to sign. For the most part, that's...
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Three numbers show up on almost every Trimlight quote: 6, 9, and 12 inches. They describe how far apart each diode sits inside the channel, and that...
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A Trimlight system can go wrong in one of two very different ways: something in the app or the Wi-Fi connection to the controller stops behaving, or...
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A permanent lighting system on the roofline isn't something most buyers think to ask about during a home tour. It's easy to notice, easy to like, and...
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Building a custom home comes with a long list of wiring decisions. Where the outlets go, how many network drops each room needs, which wall the...
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When outdoor lighting is meant to stay on a home for years, the standard changes. The question is no longer just whether the lights can change color...
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Somewhere in the middle of planning a backyard wedding or a big outdoor party, most people run into the same logistics problem. Lighting a yard,...
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Most homeowners get comfortable with the idea of permanent lighting pretty quickly. It's the next question that stalls people out: what does the...
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A guest's first real impression of a property doesn't happen at the roofline. It happens on the walk from the driveway to the front door, in whatever...
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Homeowners considering permanent roofline lighting often pause at the same question before requesting a quote: will my HOA even allow this? It is a...
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Every fall, homeowners start searching for the same answer: how many strands of Christmas lights does my house actually need? That math works fine...
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Permanent outdoor lighting has turned into a crowded category, and Gemstone Lights is one of the names that comes up most often when homeowners start...
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Why won't my Trimlight app connect? In almost every case, the cause comes down to one of a handful of common issues: your phone connected to the...
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Trimlight's lifetime warranty covers the parts of your system for the manufacturer's estimated lifespan of those components, not an unlimited number...