Why Homeowners Are Hiring Professional Christmas Light Installers
There was a time when putting up Christmas lights meant spending a Saturday afternoon on a ladder with a staple gun, a tangle of lights from the garage, and a string of words your neighbors pretended not to hear. Half the bulbs were dead. The extension cord didn’t reach. The gutter clips from three years ago were cracked. And somehow, despite four hours of work, the finished product looked like it was installed during a windstorm.
That’s why professional Christmas light installation has become one of the fastest-growing seasonal services in the Pittsburgh area. Homeowners are done wrestling with ladders in November. They want their house to look great, they want it done safely, and they want to spend the afternoon after Thanksgiving drinking coffee on the couch — not hanging upside down off the second-story gutter.
T&T Landscaping provides full-service holiday light installation across Coraopolis, Moon Township, and the greater Pittsburgh metro. We supply the lights, we design the layout, we install everything, and we take it all down after the season. You point at your house and tell us what you’re thinking. We handle the rest.
What’s Included in Our Christmas Light Service
What do I actually get when I hire a professional installer?
Our Christmas light installation service is end to end. Here’s what’s included:
Design consultation. We walk your property with you and talk through what you want — clean and classic, bright and bold, warm white and elegant, or full-color and festive. We look at the roofline, the trees, the walkways, the front porch, and any architectural features worth highlighting. You’ll get a clear picture of what the finished display will look like before we start.
Commercial-grade LED lights. We supply all lights as part of the package. Our lights are commercial-grade LEDs — brighter, more durable, and more energy-efficient than the strings you’d pick up at a big-box store. They’re rated for outdoor use, built to handle western PA weather, and they look noticeably better from the street. We stock warm white, cool white, multi-color, and single-color options. The classic warm white C9 along a roofline is our most requested look, but we can do anything.
Professional installation. Our crew installs everything using proper clips and fasteners — no staples, no nails, nothing that damages your gutters, fascia, or shingles. Every connection is weatherproofed. Every run is secured against wind. We test the full display before we leave and make sure the timer is set the way you want it.
Removal and storage. After the holidays — typically mid-January through February — we come back, take everything down, inspect the lights for damage, and store them for the following season. When next year rolls around, your lights are already boxed, tested, and ready to go back up. Returning clients skip the material cost and just pay for installation and removal.
Types of Holiday Lighting We Install
What kinds of Christmas lights can you put up?
Every home is different, and the right lighting design depends on your architecture, your yard, and your personal taste. Here are the most popular options we install in the Coraopolis and Moon Township area:
Roofline lighting. The classic — a clean line of C9 LED bulbs tracing the roofline from one end to the other. This is the single most impactful thing you can do to a house for the holidays. A well-lit roofline makes any home look polished and festive, and it’s visible from the street even on the darkest nights. We follow the full roofline, including peaks, gables, and dormers.
Tree wrapping. Trunks and major branches wrapped in mini LED lights. This works beautifully on mature trees in the front yard — oaks, maples, ornamental trees — and turns bare winter branches into a glowing centerpiece. We spiral the lights evenly so there are no gaps and no bunching.
Bush and shrub netting. LED net lights draped over front-yard shrubs and hedges for a uniform, clean glow. Quick to install and effective on rounded evergreens and boxwoods. If you’ve got a row of foundation shrubs along the front of the house, netting them ties the whole display together.
Pathway and walkway lighting. Stake-mounted lights along the front walk, driveway border, or garden path. These guide visitors to your door and add depth to the display. Candy cane stakes, snowflake stakes, and simple single-color stakes are all options.
Wreaths, garland, and accents. Lit wreaths on windows and doors, garland wrapped around porch railings and columns, and accent lighting on architectural features — window frames, arches, pergolas. These finishing touches take a display from “nice lights” to “they must have hired somebody.”
Commercial and large-scale displays. Office buildings, retail storefronts, HOA entrances, church facades, restaurant patios. Commercial holiday light installation follows the same process — design, install, maintain, remove — scaled up for larger properties. We carry the inventory and the crew size to handle bigger jobs.
Why You Shouldn’t DIY Your Christmas Lights
Is it really worth hiring someone to hang Christmas lights?
Look, we get it. Hanging your own lights is a tradition. There’s something satisfying about stepping back and admiring your own handiwork. But there are a few practical reasons why more homeowners are going professional every year:
Safety. Falls from ladders are one of the most common holiday-season injuries in the United States. A two-story roofline puts you 20 feet off the ground on a ladder that’s sitting on frozen ground, possibly in the dark, reaching overhead with cold hands. Professional crews have the right ladders, the right training, and the experience to work at height safely. We do this every day during the season. Most homeowners do it once a year.
Quality of lights. Commercial-grade LEDs are a different animal from the $12 strings at the hardware store. They’re brighter, they last longer (rated for 50,000+ hours), they use a fraction of the electricity, and the color consistency is uniform across every bulb. No dead spots, no flickering, no replacing half the string after the first windstorm.
Time. A professional crew can light a typical single-story home in 2 to 3 hours. The same job DIY takes most homeowners an entire weekend — factoring in untangling last year’s lights, replacing burned-out sections, making three trips to the store, and realizing the extension cord is 10 feet too short. Your time has value. Spend the weekend doing something you actually enjoy.
The finished product. There’s a visible difference between a professionally installed display and a DIY job. Even lines, consistent spacing, no sagging, no gaps, no visible wires. It looks right. Neighbors notice. And you didn’t have to stand on a frozen ladder to make it happen.
Scheduling and Timeline
When should I book my Christmas light installation?
The sooner the better. Here’s the typical timeline for the season:
September – October: Booking opens. This is when returning clients lock in their dates and new clients schedule consultations. Booking by mid-October gives you the widest selection of installation dates and ensures you’re on the schedule.
Late October – November: Peak installation season. Most installations happen during this window. We start as soon as the trees have dropped their leaves (leaf cover makes tree wrapping difficult) and work straight through Thanksgiving week. This is the busiest time of year — if you haven’t booked by early November, availability gets tight.
December 1 – 10: Last-call installations. We can still get lights up in early December, but the window is narrow, and weather delays can push jobs. If you’re calling in December, we’ll be honest about whether we can get to you.
Mid-January – February: Removal season. We schedule takedowns based on weather and client preferences. Most homeowners want lights down by the end of January. We’re flexible — if you want to leave them up through Valentine’s Day or a late-winter party, just say so.
How much does Christmas light installation cost in Pittsburgh?
Cost depends on the size of your home, the complexity of the design, and whether you need new lights or already have a set from a previous season. Here are general ranges for the Pittsburgh metro:
- Single-story home, roofline only: $300 – $600 (first year with new lights)
- Single-story home, full display (roofline + trees + walkway): $500 – $900
- Two-story home, roofline + accents: $700 – $1,500
- Large or custom display: $1,200 – $2,500+
- Returning clients (lights already owned): 30–50% less than first-year pricing, since material costs are covered
- Commercial properties: Quoted individually based on scope
These are ballpark figures — your actual cost depends on linear footage of roofline, number of trees to wrap, accent features, and accessibility. T&T Landscaping provides free estimates. Call or text (412) 397-8004 or request a quote online and we’ll walk your property and give you a number before you commit.
Christmas Lights in Coraopolis and Moon Township
The neighborhoods around Coraopolis and Moon Township go all in for the holidays. Drive through the streets between Thanksgiving and New Year’s and you’ll see everything from simple white rooflines to full-yard displays with inflatables, projectors, and more lights than a runway. It’s part of what makes this area feel like home during the winter.
T&T Landscaping helps homeowners across the 15108 area put together displays that fit their style and their budget. Whether you want the elegant look — clean warm white along the roofline and a lit wreath on the door — or you want every tree in the front yard glowing and the walkway lined with color, we’ll build it, hang it, and take it down when the season’s over.
We’re already at your property during the winter for snow removal. We know your yard from the landscaping and lawn care we do the rest of the year. Adding holiday lights to the relationship just makes sense — one crew, one call, and your property looks great twelve months a year.
Ready to be the house on the block? Call or text (412) 397-8004 or request an estimate. We’ll come out, look at your home, and tell you exactly what it’ll take to light it up.