College Station · Georgetown · Weatherford

Christmas light installation and takedown

Roofline, eaves, columns, porch railings, trees and shrubs — hung with the clip that suits the surface, looked after through the season, then taken down, coiled and boxed in January. We hang light strings. Permanently mounted track systems that stay up all year are a different trade.

What we hang

Four runs that cover most houses.

Most jobs are some combination of these. Tell us which ones you want and we'll scope the rest at the walkthrough.

Roofline & Eaves

The run that defines the house from the street. Shingle tabs, gutter clips or fascia clips chosen per surface — never staples into trim, never nails through shingles.

  • Clip matched to the surface
  • Even spacing, straight lines
  • Nothing driven through roofing

Trees, Shrubs & Columns

Wrapped trunks and porch columns, netted shrubs, canopy runs where the tree can carry them. Wrap spacing kept consistent so it reads deliberate rather than improvised.

  • Trunk and column wrapping
  • Shrub netting
  • Canopy runs where reachable

Porches, Railings & Doorways

Garland, wreaths, wrapped railings, framed doorways. Fixed with hardware that comes off in January without taking the paint or the trim finish with it.

  • Garland and wreath hanging
  • Railing and doorway wrapping
  • Removable, finish-safe hardware

Takedown & Storage

A scheduled January visit. Strings come down, get coiled and labelled by run, and go back into your bins — so next year's install starts from a known state instead of a knot.

  • Scheduled, not chased
  • Coiled and labelled by run
  • Boxed into your storage
How it works

From photos to lights on.

01

Photos or a walkthrough

Send photos of the front elevation and anything else you want lit, or we'll come and look. Either way the estimate is free.

02

Written estimate, run by run

Broken out by run: which surfaces, roughly how many feet, whose lights are going up, and whether January takedown is in scope. Nothing is hung before you've seen it.

03

Install date, takedown date

Installs run late October through early December. Both dates get set at the same time, so the January visit is already on the calendar before the first string goes up.

04

Up, lit, and checked

We power up every run before leaving and walk the front with you. Anything dead or crooked gets sorted on the spot rather than discovered after dark.

Lighting pricing

Quoted per house, in writing, before anything goes up.

There is no per-foot rate card, because two houses with the same frontage can be an hour apart in work. Here's what actually moves the number.

What Shapes a Lighting Estimate

Every lighting estimate Free & written
Minimum job $175
Total length of run The main driver
Surfaces involved Gutter, fascia, shingle, rail
How high the top run sits Ground vs. upper story
Whose lights go up Yours or supplied
January takedown In scope or separate
Christmas lighting FAQ

What people ask about Christmas lights.

Yes — rooflines, eaves, columns, porch railings, trees and shrubs, across Brazos, Williamson and Parker counties. We hang light strings for the season and take them down again in January. Permanently mounted track systems, the kind that stay up all year, are a different trade and not something we install.
Installs run from late October through early December, and takedown is scheduled at the same time as the install. Booking in September or early October gives you the widest choice of install date. Later in the season the date depends on what the weather leaves open — cold, wet days are the ones that push a roofline job.
Either way — it's your call, and we price both on the estimate so you can see the difference before you decide. If you already own lights we hang what's in your bins, and we'll tell you straight if a run is too far gone to be worth putting up. If you'd rather not shop for them, we supply them and they're yours to keep, so the following year is labor only.
Yes. Takedown is a scheduled January visit, not an afterthought: strings come down, get coiled and labelled by run, and go back into your bins so next year starts from a known state. Whether takedown is priced into the install or billed as its own visit is spelled out on the estimate before anything goes up.
Up to two stories. That covers the rooflines, eaves, gables and gutter runs on most houses around here. Above two stories we don't go — that is a safety limit rather than a scheduling one, and we would rather tell you now than on the day.
Every job is quoted individually. The figure is driven by how many linear feet of run there are, which surfaces are involved, how high the highest run sits, whose lights are going up, and whether takedown is in scope. You get a written estimate before anything is hung.
We come back out, and there is no charge for it during the season. A dark section is usually one failed run or a connection that has worked loose, so it is rarely a long visit — call or text and we will get to it.

Already on the ladder anyway

Gutters worth clearing before the lights go on, a porch rail that wobbles, a section of trim that needs paint before it's on every Christmas card. Same visit, same written estimate.

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Get on the lighting calendar.

Install and takedown dates get set together. Estimates are free and in writing.

Contact

Tell us what you want lit.

Photos of the front of the house get you most of the way to an estimate. Say which runs you want and whether you already own the lights.

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    (979) 325-4448
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    info@lancebellhs.com
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    2151 Harvey Mitchell Pkwy S #304, College Station, TX 77840
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