Holiday & Permanent Lighting in Frankfort & Mokena

FAQ: Lighting in Frankfort & Mokena

When should I schedule holiday lighting in Frankfort or Mokena?

September or early October. We install October through early December and take down January into February. Chicago winters close the comfortable window fast - once rooflines carry snow and ice, roof work is unsafe and unreliable. The calendar fills front-to-back, so a September call gets you your preferred week and lights on for Thanksgiving.

My house is big with four gables and a lot of dormers. Does that cost more?

Yes, and honestly it should - more separate runs, more measuring and cutting, and real work at the plane transitions where a fast install looks wrong. It also produces by far the best-looking result, because a busy elevation lit correctly reads as expensive. We measure every run on the walkthrough so the quote reflects your actual house rather than a per-foot average.

Will you attach anything to my stone or cast columns?

No. All-clip attachment to shingle, gutter, and fascia only. Nothing gets stapled, nailed, or glued to stone veneer, cast stone, or finished trim. We show you where every attachment point lands on the walkthrough, and if a run would require touching a surface it shouldn't, we route around it and tell you why.

How do your installs handle the wind and ice out here?

The wind comes across open farmland with almost nothing to slow it down, and ice is heavy and it grabs. So we tighten clip spacing, cut runs to minimize unsupported spans, seal every connection, and use commercial-grade LED and clips rated for wind and snow load rather than retail-box product. That combination is the difference between a system that looks the same in February and one that sags and shorts in January. In-season service is included if a storm still causes a problem.

Can you program Bears, Cubs, Sox, or school colors?

Yes, on a permanent LED system, and it is one of the most popular things we do out here. Bears navy and orange, Cubs blue, Sox black, Blackhawks red, school colors for games and graduations - all from your phone, changed in seconds. On a seasonal install you get whatever color strand we hang; permanent gives you the whole range on demand.

Can you wrap the columns and do the entry garland too?

Yes, and on a big front elevation out here we usually suggest it. A roofline alone on a large two-story can read top-heavy; column wraps, lit garland over the door, and matching wreaths bring the eye down to the entry and finish the composition. Quoted as separate items so you can choose.

How much does it cost for a large Frankfort or Mokena home?

Priced on linear footage, roof height and pitch, the number of separate gable and dormer runs, and extras like columns, garland, wreaths, and trees. Complex elevations cost more because they take genuinely longer to install correctly. We quote after a roughly twenty-minute on-site measure.

Do you take the lights down in January?

Yes, included. Takedown runs January into February and your labeled strands are stored at our facility until next season. Year two is a re-hang, nothing lives in your garage, and nothing stays up until April.