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gleamingtheview · Guest

Holiday Lighting add on for Roof Cleaners

Chowell77 · Guest

Great video! Thank you for posting it up for us to see. I love decorating my own house every year but trying to get store bought lines to match up at the proper distances always killed me. I'm definitely going to order some lights this year from the companies you referrenced in a previous post I saw. Thank you for the helpful insight. I may very well explore the concept of trying to market this as well. Even a job or two would pay for my own decorations!

airraider · Guest

Great video Tim!

I for one always just assumed people get up there with a staple gun and go to town.
Im there would not be too many resources out there for info. So, do you charge by the linear foot?

Also, what is a good price on the spools you use?

Roof Cleaning New Jersey · Oct 20, 2010

I probably should start looking into some winter work. It's slowing down a bit. I'm working everyday but I have switched to a European schedule. Which means I'm napping by 2pm. Thanks for the video.

Matthew · Guest

bah humbug!

j/k great idea, thanks for the vid!

Guest

great info

gleamingtheview · Guest

I have been using 1000bulbs.com . They have 1000 ft spools c9 size for 289. I'm going to try the other company whom was referred to me from a buddy. There wholesalers that sell 500 ft. Spools for 89. The bulbd are typically .11 each.

pricing will range quite a bit depending on the style of roof and complexity. What I do is sell the lighting to my customer at my cost which is about .40 cents a lft. Then charge for installation and removal. I like doing it this way so there's no confusion on cost the following years. We charge between 2. To 5. A lft for install and typically 60. Minimum for removal.

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now that is really great info I always wondered about the pricing and now i have some sort of guidline. thanks

-- Edited by Roof Washer New Jersey (609) 929-5812 on Wednesday 20th of October 2010 02:26:25 PM

jwilliam · Premium Member Roof Cleaning Institute Of America

In the pest control industry they suggest installing holiday lighting in the winter as a add on. The info I had was kind of like a franchise deal with a sizable investment up front of $5000 and up.
Seems like a doable service since we have ladders and people needing to work when the snow starts to cover the ground.
Is there a better way to do this without such a large initial investment. Anyone having success doing this?

Guest

I had a buddy That was talking about christmas light installs..he said he had a bud of his make a pretty penny.

Roof Cleaning Toledo Ohio (419) 265-3306 · Guest

Nice Video Tim.

gleamingtheview · Guest

What I did for years was just install and remove peoples own christmas lighting. This way it doesn't cost you anything. You simply inform them you install holiday lighting, ask some questions on what they want to do and you break it down for them on what they exactly need to pick up ie. How many light strands, extension cords and clips. This way works great if you don't want to put money down. You could also put up there 60 year old stuff that's been passed down for generation after generation...lol, I wouldn't recommend it though. Make sure to inform them, that they will need to inspect there own lighting and replace any bulbs. Inspecting and untangling old holiday lights can add hours of headache.

Toy2 · Guest

bozzle wrote:

I had a buddy That was talking about christmas light installs..he said he had a bud of his make a pretty penny.

I have done this for the past 5 years, be ready for the late calls when the lights short out, burn out cords, etc......

Expect the worst, so plan for it, use a good brand of duct tape on connections, and do not over load your curcuits and you will be fine.

Stay away from liquid tape, it did not work for me the past few years, just a high brand of tape, no HF tape of any kind.... confuse

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