Guides & answers
We install permanent lighting in the Twin Cities and service it after the sale. These are the questions homeowners actually ask us — answered with what the manufacturers publish, and what we see on ladders.
Most Twin Cities HOAs approve permanent lighting once the board sees it's a color-matched track, not a strand. Exactly what to submit, and how to word it.
By Mike Smoot
August to early October is the right window for a Minnesota install — daylight and dry fascia, not fake urgency. What changes after Thanksgiving.
By Joe Dvorak
'Lifetime' warranties in permanent lighting have asterisks: daytime-use exclusions, 30-day registration deadlines, and labor that isn't covered. Quoted in full.
By Joe Dvorak
Permanent lights run on low-voltage 12V or 24V power. But only three of six brands publish any safety listing at all — here's exactly what each one says.
By Mike Smoot
Eighteen months fixing other crews' permanent lighting taught us what actually fails — and why the brand on the box matters less than who hangs it.
By Joe Dvorak
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