New display we added this year - old man winter. They made me take out the red light bulbs that I put in for his eyes
He tried to get us to give him another $800 of stuff free when we installed. Told him weâd do it for $500 since we were thereâŠso he added that too, lol.
Are those c9âs in that tree? How much did it take?
Yes c9s with 18â spacing. Annd I donât remember it was about 3 13gal trash bags full of bulbed wire
Just did it again this year
Beautiful. How do you estimate how many feet of c9 you need in a tree?
Measure around the tree and count how many times around the tree you will go. Also account for the top being smaller around so less lights but much more difficult when you go over 20â
Did our 1st light curtain today! It took longer than we thought lol
Took 2 guys about 10-11 hrs on just the curtain
This is great info. I know there is a lot of discussion here about lighting trees but I see many guys only offer house lighting and some guys even say you get white or green lights - they must be all the same color and they are still booking job like crazy.
I am noping out for now since I donât want to install lights on the second story peaks - it looks great but seems very sketchy to me.
Looks pretty cool though
So easy (from my desk chairâŠ). But seriously, get 1 or 2 guys who donât mind the work (off-season roofers are a sure bet if you donât have any on staff), and make sure youâre covered by insurance. Get them a Goat, a roof safety kit (if thatâs not standard equipment for you), and maybe some Pitch Hoppers (my guys hate those), and get them trained to do the light installs⊠Itâs selling itself this year, seriously. We canât keep up with the leads just to enter the contact info in to our CRM just to send them a form email covering our basics (minimums, averages, âbetter lights than the big box storesâ spiel, etc.).
It truly has been an epic year for lights salesâŠIâm not sure what the deal is. I bought enough stock to add as many new jobs as last year, and itâs gone after the booked jobs for next Monday/Tuesday. Bought half that much again, rented/borrowed a couple more trailersâŠand going to roll until the floodgates close
That is some serious work. It looks amazing! I hope they were willing to pay you what it took in effort!
I did our first light canopy at a Chick-Fil-A this yearâŠwill have to share some pics when I get some decent ones at night. That guy will be begging me to do both of his buildings in light curtains next yearâŠ
How do you figure your pricing? I think we were a bit low. It was $2600 for the curtain so it came out to $40/25â strand of mini lights. We have quite a few businesses downtown inquiring about it for next year.
Iâd probably price it per strand as well. Iâd have probably been at about the same # the first time aroundâŠbut Iâm guessing it was learned that this type of installation takes far more time than wrapping them on a bush. It looks awesome though.
Yes next year should be easier with the anchors already set. And thanks!
I didnât technically start this thread, could I be removed from the notifications? I would do it myselfâŠ
Just look towards the bottom of your page - on the left on mine and youâll see a Tracking button⊠Just click on it and it will let you block the topic from your view.