Wired by a licensed electrician
Permanent roofline lighting for the Phoenix Valley.
Installed and wired by a licensed electrician, not a lighting crew. The lights sit in an aluminum channel painted to match your fascia, and they stay up all year.
- Installed by
- A licensed electrician, Arizona ROC 326650
- Everyday setting
- Warm white on a schedule
- Design visit
- Free, at your house
What permanent lighting is
Lights that stay under the eave all year and do what the app tells them.
Permanent roofline lighting is a row of small LED lights in a thin aluminum channel, mounted under the edge of your roof and left up all year. You control it from an app on your phone.
How the system works
Four parts, from the channel on the house to the app on your phone.
The channel
An aluminum channel mounts under the eave, tight to the back of the fascia. It is painted to match the fascia and hides the wire.
The lights
LED lights sit inside the channel at even spacing, facing down. Each one can make warm white or a color, and each can be set on its own.
The controller and its circuit
A low-voltage wire runs through the soffit to a controller and power supply mounted in a shaded spot with air around it, never inside a closed garage. The controller plugs into a GFCI-protected outdoor receptacle under an in-use cover.
The app
The app on your phone sets the color, the brightness, the pattern and the schedule. Save a scene once and it is one tap away after that.
What you can run on it
Save a scene once and it is one tap away every year after.
Everyday warm white 
Christmas 
Fourth of July 
Halloween
Everyday warm white
Every night
Warm white at 2700K to 3000K, on at dusk and off at the hour you pick.
Christmas
Late November to New Year's
Red and green, all white, or a slow color change.
Fourth of July
The week of the Fourth
Red, white and blue in blocks or alternating.
Halloween
October
Orange and purple, or a dim orange flicker.
Colors
The lights can make almost any color. These are the ones people use most.
Warm white, 2700K to 3000K
A soft yellow-white close to an old incandescent bulb.
Cool white
A crisper white that leans blue.
Red and green
The Christmas pair.
Red, white and blue
In blocks along each run, or alternating light by light.
Orange and purple
Orange shows brighter from the street than purple, so most Halloween scenes run mostly orange with purple in between.
Your own colors
School colors, a team, a favorite shade.
What it costs
Priced by the linear foot of roofline, in writing before any work starts.
Other Valley installers publish prices between $18 and $35 per linear foot, installed.
Shawkes Electric charges $28 per linear foot, with a $2,500 minimum.
Linear feet sets most of the number. Shane measures every run at the design visit. Corners and peaks add time, because the channel is cut and joined at each one.
Half down orders the lights and holds your install date. The other half is due when the lights are on and the app works on your phone.
What is included
- The design visit and a written price
- Channel painted to match your fascia
- LED lights, controller and power supply
- Mounting, sealing, and the low-voltage wire hidden in the soffit
- Hookup to an existing GFCI outdoor receptacle
What is not included
- A new circuit from the panel, priced on its own line with the permit included
- Lift rental for high second-story eaves
- Fascia repair or repainting
Get your roofline measured and priced.
Shane measures your roofline, holds channel colors against your fascia and writes down the price. The visit is free.
HOA approval
What to send the board.
A photo of the front of the house with the run marked, the channel color, the product spec sheet, and a line saying the everyday setting is warm white on a schedule. Shane puts that packet together for you after the design visit.
What it looks like during the day
By day the lights are off and the channel reads as trim.
The channel is painted the fascia color, and the lights sit inside it facing down, close to flush with the bottom edge.
Warranty
Two warranties, both in writing.
- Product warranty
- The lights, controller and power supply carry the manufacturer's warranty. The term is written on your price.
- Workmanship warranty
- Shawkes Electric covers the installation and wiring for two years. If a connection Shane made fails, he comes back and fixes it at no charge.
- What it does not cover
- The workmanship warranty does not cover damage from roof or stucco work by another trade, a run cut or spliced by someone else, or a controller moved by someone else.
Why an electrician should install it
The controller runs on your house's 120-volt power. That part is electrical work.
The circuit the controller runs on
The controller usually plugs into an outdoor receptacle that already shares a circuit with other loads, like a garage freezer or the patio outlets. Shane checks what is on it.
GFCI protection and wet-rated parts
Outdoor receptacles need GFCI protection, and in a wet location they need a weather-resistant receptacle under an in-use cover that closes over the plug. Monsoon rain blows sideways under the eave, so every box and connector on the outside is rated for wet locations.
A permit when a new circuit goes in
In most Valley cities a new circuit means an electrical permit and an inspection. Shane pulls the permit under ROC 326650, and the city inspects the work.
How a job runs
From the form to the app on your phone.
- 1
Send the form
Kai texts you back the same day to set a time for the design visit.
What you get: A design visit on the calendar
- 2
Design visit at your house
Shane measures every run, counts the corners and peaks, and holds channel color samples against your fascia. He picks the controller spot and checks the circuit it will run on. The visit takes about 45 minutes.
What you get: Measurements, a channel color and a plan for power
- 3
Written price and install date
The price is by the foot, with any circuit work on its own line. Shane puts the HOA packet together here if you need one.
What you get: The price, the date and the HOA packet, in writing
- 4
Install day
Channel up, lights in, the low-voltage wire run through the soffit, and the controller mounted and powered. If the house needs a new circuit, it goes in and the permit is pulled. Most single-story fronts take one day.
What you get: Lights on the house
- 5
App walkthrough
Before Shane leaves, the app is on your phone. Warm white comes on at dusk and goes off at the time you pick, your holiday scenes are saved, and he shows you how to change them.
What you get: A system you can run yourself
Permanent lighting against the alternatives
How they compare with seasonal string lights and plug-in strips.
| Permanent roofline lighting | Seasonal string lights | Plug-in LED strips | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost over the years | Paid once, then a small amount of power | A new set every few seasons, or a crew to hang them each year | Low up front, then strips replaced as they fail |
| Ladder work | None after install day | Up in November, down in January | Back up the ladder each time a strip comes loose |
| By day | A painted channel that reads as trim | Clips and wire on the roofline for two months | Exposed strips and a cord to the outlet |
| How long it lasts | LED lights rated for tens of thousands of hours | A few seasons before strands start failing | Adhesive backing that softens in an Arizona summer |
Permanent lighting questions
How is this different from the lighting companies that advertise on Facebook?
Shawkes Electric has been in business as an electrical contractor since 2007. Shane is the licensed electrician on your job.
Will my HOA allow it?
HOAs usually approve it when the channel matches the fascia and the everyday setting is warm white. Read your HOA's written rules first, since each one words them differently.
How long does the install take?
One day for most single-story fronts. Two days for a two-story house with the full roofline.
Will it hold up to Phoenix heat and monsoon storms?
The lights are sealed and face down under the eave, out of most of the sun and rain. The parts most likely to fail are the connections and the power supply, which is why every outdoor connection is rated for wet locations and the controller is mounted in the shade.
What happens if one section stops working?
The lights come in sections that plug together inside the channel, so a bad section comes out on its own and the channel stays up. Shane replaces it under warranty.
Book a free design visit.
Four quick questions, then Kai texts you times. No charge for the visit.
What happens next
- Kai gets back to you the same day.
- Shane comes out, measures the roofline and holds channel colors against your fascia.
- You get the price and the install date in writing.
Rather talk? Call (602) 879-5489.