Holiday Light Installation & Takedown
Holiday light installation is a lot more fun to look at than to do, especially off a ladder in December. Rim Rock Property Plus hangs holiday lights for homeowners across North Spokane County, takes everything down in January, and stores the lights between seasons. You pick the look; we handle the roofline.
Install, takedown, and storage in one service
The service runs the full season so the lights are never your problem. At install, we test strands before they go up, hang them with proper clips instead of staples or nails, and check the mounting points, gutters, and trim we are attaching to, so nothing pulls loose in the first wind. Timers and connections get set up so the display runs itself. In January we come back, take everything down carefully, and coil and pack the strands so next year does not start with an hour of untangling. Between seasons, we store the lights, labeled and dry, which spares your garage shelf and spares the lights the crushing and moisture that kill strands in storage. Come next fall, your display goes back up from a known-good kit, and anything that failed gets flagged for replacement before the neighborhood is watching.
Beat the ice to the roofline
Timing is the whole game for holiday lights north of Spokane. Once rooflines ice up and snow settles on the shingles, every hour on a ladder gets slower and riskier, and frozen gutters will not take clips cleanly. The comfortable install window is October into early November, when the roof is dry and the weather is merely cold. Book in that window and your install is quick; wait for the first snow like everyone else and you are competing for dates. The season itself is hard on displays here. Wind works connections loose, snow buries ground stakes, and cold makes brittle strands fail, which is why we hang with proper clips and check mounting points as we go. Takedown waits for January thaw windows, and we watch for them, so the lights are not stuck in ice until March.
Your lights or a new display
We work either way. If you have bins of lights that have served the house for years, we test the strands, hang what works, and tell you plainly which ones are on their last season. If you want to start fresh or upgrade, we help plan the display: what to outline, where the power is, how many strands and what type the roofline actually needs. Planning matters more than people expect; a display sized to your outlets and your architecture looks better and fails less than an armful of impulse-bought strands. Either way the install includes testing, proper clips, and timer setup, and takedown and storage are part of the service. The result is the house you wanted for the season, without a single trip up the ladder or an afternoon lost to the tangle bin.
Why homeowners hand this to us
- No ladder time on a cold, icy roofline
- Strands tested before they go up, clips instead of staples
- Mounting points checked so wind does not undo the work
- Timer setup, so the display runs itself
- January takedown handled by us, on a thaw window
- Labeled, dry storage between seasons
How it goes
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Plan the display
We look at the house, your lights or a new plan, and where the power lives.
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Install and test
Strands are tested, hung with proper clips, and put on timers, with mounting points checked as we go.
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January takedown
We remove everything carefully once the weather gives us a window, no ladder time for you.
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Pack and store
Lights are coiled, labeled, and stored dry until next season, with failing strands flagged.
What does Holiday Lights cost?
Holiday lighting cost follows the size and complexity of the display: how much roofline you are outlining, how many stories, whether trees and bushes are included, and whether we are hanging your lights or supplying a new display. Steep or complicated rooflines take more time, and installs booked after the first snow take longer than the same job in October. Takedown and storage are part of the service rather than surprise add-ons. Members get a member discount on repairs and seasonal packages.
For members
Home Care members get a fall reminder before the good install window closes, plus priority scheduling in the pre-holiday rush. Summit Care members can have lights folded into their fall seasonal visit, so the install lands on the calendar automatically. Either way, we already know your roofline by the second season, and installs get faster.
Compare Home Care and Summit Care →Questions homeowners ask
Do you provide the lights or use mine?
Either. We hang your existing lights after testing every strand, or help you plan and size a new display for the house. If a strand of yours is failing, we tell you before it goes up rather than after. Takedown and storage are included in the service either way.
When should I book holiday light installation?
October into early November is the sweet spot around Spokane, while rooflines are still dry and clips seat properly. The calendar fills fast once the first snow falls and everyone calls at once. Booking early gets you a better date and a quicker, safer install on an ice-free roof.
Do you take the lights down after the holidays?
Yes, takedown is part of the service, done in January when the weather gives us a safe window. We coil and label everything and store it dry until next season, so there is no tangle bin in your garage and no strand crushed under storage boxes.
What if part of the display goes out mid-season?
Call us. We will schedule a visit, track down the dead strand or connection, and get the display whole again. Cold and wind are hard on strands here, which is why everything gets tested at install, but failures still happen. Members get priority scheduling for those fixes.