Permanent Christmas lights in Birmingham.
On a typical 100–250 ft Birmingham front, permanent lights run about $2,200–$8,500 once, priced at $22–34 per lit foot. Birmingham asks two things of a roofline fixture: never touch the slate or the copper, and disappear on a walkable street by day.
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Permanent lighting on a Birmingham Tudor: what we are working with.
The prewar Tudors north and west of downtown have steep front gables, often two or three across one elevation, with slate or clay tile above and copper below. Track is well suited to them because the fixture lives at the fascia and drip edge: the roof surface is never touched, the gutters are never part of the attachment, and each steep gable is simply two long cuts meeting at the ridge. The copper keeps its patina because nothing is clipped to it and nothing comes down in January to scar it.
The teardown-era houses beside them are the other Birmingham job. Long clean eaves in fiber cement, stone and standing seam, where every quarter inch of sag shows from the sidewalk. A rigid channel holds a machine-straight line that strings never quite manage, and on a street where the house is viewed from ten feet away in daylight the low profile matters as much as the light at night. Against stone and brick it sits in the shadow of the eave; against pale siding it reads as a fine line of trim.
Why Birmingham homeowners go permanent.
Commercial RGBW LEDs in a low-profile aluminum channel on the fascia, never through a shingle. Phone control, schedules, zones, rated for Michigan winters, with a warranty on the track and the diodes.
Slate stays slate
No foot traffic on tile and no fasteners through it. The channel lives at the eave, and the roof surface is never part of the job.
Copper untouched
The mount is to the fascia, not the gutter lip. Nothing bites the copper, nothing rubs a downspout, and there is no annual takedown to leave a mark.
Straight enough for the sidewalk
Walkable streets view a roofline from close range. A rigid channel cut to each gable holds its line in year five the way it did on install day.
Permanent track is an autumn install in Birmingham, and the calendar fills in order. Callers in the autumn window choose their date.
Seasonal Christmas lights in Birmingham: the lease option.
For a December-only look, or on a house whose trim should carry nothing permanent, we lease C9 displays: our commercial lights, cut to your roofline, hung in November, repaired in season, removed in January and stored. Wreaths and garland are priced with the design.
$18–32 per foot with a $595 minimum, which on a typical 100–250 ft Birmingham roofline is $1,800–$8,000 a year. At these prices a permanent channel costs about what one season of leasing costs, and from the second December on it is paid for. If you want the December-only look, or you may move within a year, the lease is the right call and we will say so.
The seasonal service is described in full in our Christmas light installation guide for Birmingham on macombpowerwashing.com.
A Birmingham house, over five years
Drag to your roofline length. The house types in the Birmingham table measure 100 to 250 ft.
Preset to a typical Birmingham roofline. Snaps to yours once you measure it below.
Measure your Birmingham roofline from one photo.
Tudor or new build, the channel follows the same geometry. One photo from the sidewalk, tap the garage door for scale, and LightCast returns footage, peaks and a price.
One photo from the street
Straight-on, in daylight, full roofline in frame. Your phone camera is perfect.
Press Set scale, then tap both edges of your garage door
A standard door is a built-in ruler. That turns pixels into real linear feet.
Get the number
Footage, peaks and a priced range from the same math our crews quote from.
Want to adjust the roofline?
If the lights follow your eaves and peaks, keep it. If they missed a run, trace it yourself in about ten seconds.
- Add a photo
- Set the scale
- Your number
Scale
Garage doors give the most accurate number; a 3 ft door or window is a smaller ruler, so the range is looser.
Color
Animation
Fine tuning
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Things Birmingham homeowners ask first.
Can permanent lighting be installed on a slate roof in Birmingham?
Around it, never through it. Fasteners go into the fascia board or sit beneath the drip edge, picked for that wood or metal, and the crew works from ladders and standoffs. The slate takes no fasteners and no feet at any point of the install.
Will the track touch our copper gutters?
No. The attachment is to the fascia, not the gutter, so the copper is not part of the install at all. Nothing is clipped to it, nothing rubs it, and because the track stays up there is no January removal to scratch it.
What does a Birmingham install cost?
$22–34 per lit foot, once. A smaller two-story at 100–150 ft runs about $2,200–$5,100; a two-story colonial at 120–180 ft about $2,600–$6,100; a colonial with a side-entry or three-car garage at 150–250 ft about $3,300–$8,500. Steep gables with more cuts sit toward the top of the band. LightCast measures yours before anyone visits.
Does the historic district or my association need to sign off?
Possibly, and it is worth a call before you book. The questions that come up are daylight appearance and whether the fixture is reversible. It is a low-profile channel on the trim, not on the roof, and we will send the product details for you to forward.
Guides for Birmingham homeowners.
How to measure a roof peak for Christmas lights
The level eave was easy. The sloped edges climbing to each peak are longer than they look, and the steeper the roof, the more footage hides in them. Michigan homesPermanent lights on older and historic homes
On an older house two questions come before color or price: does a local commission review this kind of work, and can the original trim hold a fastener for years? Design and colorAre permanent lights too bright? Glare and neighbors
Glare from a roofline is nearly always a settings problem. Here is how to set the level, the off time and the effects so the house looks good and the house next door stays dark. Using LightCastBest photo for measuring your roofline
A phone photo can measure a roofline closely enough to price it if you take it the right way. Where to stand, which lens to use, what to use as a ruler, and what to do about the front-yard maple.Every guide is on the permanent lighting guides page.
Permanent Christmas lights near Birmingham.
Every Oakland County city page, with its footage and prices side by side, is on the Oakland County page. Every city we serve is listed on the LightCast home page.
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