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    Permanent Christmas Lights Price Per Foot in Manteca, CA

    Price per foot is simple. Footage is where quotes diverge — so this page is mostly about how a Manteca roofline gets measured and which sections people forget to count.

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    Manteca, CA 95336 · 95337 · Reviewed September 2026

    Upward view of a steep two-story gable peak on a Manteca stucco home outlined in warm white permanent LED points

    Short answer

    Permanent Christmas lights are $30 per foot in Manteca, CA. Footage counts the horizontal eave, the garage face, every gable rake along its slope and any return you choose to light, which is why measured totals usually exceed a homeowner's first guess.

    Specification sheet

    Counted
    Horizontal eave and garage face
    Counted
    Gable rakes, measured on the slope
    Counted
    Returns and step-downs you choose to light
    Rate
    $30 per foot of counted run

    What it costs: $30 per linear foot

    Each example below shows how the sections add up on a real Manteca elevation.

    Permanent lighting cost examples for Manteca homes at $30 per linear foot
    Roofline scopeLinear feetInstalled price
    Eave and garage onlyNo rake runs included.110 ft$3,300
    Eave, garage, one rake pairThe usual recommendation.160 ft$4,800
    Everything street-facingTwo rake pairs plus returns.205 ft$6,150

    Permanent lighting is $30 per linear foot of roofline actually lit, measured on site and confirmed in writing before any material is ordered. The figure covers the channel, the sealed RGB modules, the low-voltage transformer, the controller and the labor to install them.

    The sections homeowners forget

    Gable rakes and garage step-downs are the two runs most often left out of a mental estimate.

    A Manteca two-story with two street-facing gables can carry 50 feet of rake on its own. Because rakes are sloped, they measure longer than they look from the driveway, and they are also the most visually important part of the finished display.

    Upward view of a steep two-story gable peak on a Manteca stucco home outlined in warm white permanent LED points
    Steep gable peaks are the sections a ladder-and-staple crew usually skips.

    Choosing what not to light

    Any section can be excluded, and excluding it removes those feet from the price entirely.

    Some Manteca customers skip a north-side return that nobody sees from the street. That is a legitimate saving. Skipping a street-facing rake is not — it saves money and costs the look of the whole elevation.

    Exterior Prime professional fastening a black aluminum LED channel under the front eave of a single-story Manteca home
    Channel track being fastened to the fascia of a Manteca ranch home during installation.

    A worked example from a Del Webb at Woodbridge quote

    One recent Del Webb at Woodbridge quote priced 172 feet across four sections for $5,160 total.

    The breakdown read: 85 feet of horizontal eave, 22 feet of garage face, 45 feet across two gable rakes, and 20 feet of a side return the homeowner asked to include. At $30 per foot, that is $5,160, itemized so each section's cost was visible before approval.

    That level of detail is standard on every Manteca quote, whether the season is the December rush or a quiet July afternoon. Homeowners in the 95337 ZIP frequently trim the side return to save roughly $600 and add it back a year later at the same per-foot price.

    Homeowner using a phone app to change the color of permanent holiday lights on a Manteca house at night
    Scenes, schedules and brightness are set from the phone app, not from a ladder.

    How Manteca roof styles change the per-foot total

    Roof style, more than lot size, decides how many of a Manteca home's feet get counted at $30 each.

    A single-hip roof over a modest Powers Tract ranch might carry only 95 feet of eave and garage face with no rakes at all, pricing at $2,850. A cross-gabled two-story of similar square footage in Woodward Park can carry 210 feet once both gable pairs and a garage return are counted, pricing at $6,300 for the identical rate. Neither homeowner is overpaying; the roofs are simply different shapes.

    Because of that spread, we discourage comparing a neighbor's total price directly. Two Manteca houses on the same block can differ by $2,000 or more purely from roofline geometry, even when both were quoted the same December week at the same $30-per-foot rate.

    Homeowner using a phone app to change the color of permanent holiday lights on a Manteca house at night
    Scenes, schedules and brightness are set from the phone app, not from a ladder.

    How Manteca elevations measure up

    • A standard two-car garage face adds roughly 20 feet.
    • Each street-facing gable pair typically adds 25–50 feet depending on pitch.
    • Side returns visible from a corner lot add 30–60 feet.

    Manteca sits inside our core coverage — see the full Exterior Prime service area for neighbouring cities, and the pricing page for how permanent lighting sits alongside our washing packages.

    Serving Manteca 95336 · 95337 — Union Ranch, Woodward Park, Del Webb at Woodbridge, Powers Tract, Mayors Park, Downtown Manteca

    What you get

    • You can see exactly which sections you are paying for

    • Sections can be excluded to control the total

    • Rakes measured accurately rather than estimated

    Permanent Christmas Lights in Manteca — questions we get asked

    Almost always gable rakes. Sloped runs measure longer than their horizontal appearance, and most homeowners mentally price only the flat eave line they can see straight on from the Manteca sidewalk.

    Copy link to this answer: Why is my measured footage higher than I expected?

    You can, and the price drops by those feet. We will show you a night render of the outline with and without the rakes first, because the difference on a two-story is dramatic.

    Copy link to this answer: Can I light only the flat sections to save money?

    No. Only lit roofline is billed. The wire from the transformer to the first module is part of the installation, not counted as footage.

    Copy link to this answer: Do you charge for the feeder wire run?

    Yes. Upper runs cost more to install but carry no surcharge, which is deliberate — height-based pricing is how quotes turn into negotiations after the crew arrives.

    Copy link to this answer: Is the price per foot the same for the second story?

    Around 25 to 50 feet depending on pitch, or $750 to $1,500 at the published rate. On a Manteca two-story, that pair is usually the single most visually important section of the whole display.

    Copy link to this answer: How much does a single gable rake pair typically add?

    Yes. Additional footage is priced at the same $30 rate whenever you add it, whether that is one winter later or five years later, and it is documented in writing before installation begins.

    Copy link to this answer: Can I add a section later without repricing everything?

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