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Permanent Christmas lights in place under the soffit in Salida, CA

If permanent Christmas lights in place under the soffit in Salida has felt impossible to price, the reason is that nearly all companies quote by home rather than by foot. Exterior Prime quotes by foot: 145 lit feet on a Kiernan elevation is $4,350, laser-verified. December tule fog that sits on the fascia until midday shapes the hardware list.

Salida, CA 95368 · Reviewed September 2026

The math, in three lines

For permanent Christmas lights in place under the soffit, owners pay $30 per lit linear foot, fixed in writing before material is ordered. On a 145-foot Kiernan elevation that is $4,350 — aluminum channel, IP67 modules, transformer, controller, install labour. Exterior Prime's standalone site visit minimum in Salida is $297 in Kiernan.

Step 1 — measure
145 lit feet
Only fascia you intend to light counts, and on a Kiernan plan that is generally around 145 feet.
Step 2 — multiply
× $30/ft
The arithmetic is one step: 145 times $30, which is $4,350 in Salida.
Step 3 — confirm
= $4,350
A site visit near Salida Community Park verifies the 145-foot reading, then the price is fixed in writing.

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Permanent lighting in Salida is $30 per linear foot of roofline actually lit, laser-measured on site and fixed in writing before any material is ordered. That rate carries the powder-coated aluminum channel, the sealed RGB modules, the low-voltage transformer, the app controller and the installation labor. Standalone Exterior Prime visits in Salida start at $297.

What moves the permanent Christmas lights in place under the soffit total up or down in Salida

What moves the permanent Christmas lights in place under the soffit total up or down in Salida — Salida, CA at $30 per linear foot
Change on the roofline	Direction	Effect on your number
Bringing a detached garage or shop into the 145-foot plan	Higher	Billed at the same $30 a foot; detached garages near Salida Community Park commonly add 40 to 60 feet in Kiernan.
Second-story eave lines on a Kiernan elevation	Higher	A two-story face calls for about a quarter more channel than the identical plan built single-story.
A wrapped porch or covered entry ahead of the 147-foot run	Higher	Porch returns are short but numerous, usually 12 to 20 feet once every corner is followed in Kiernan.
Leaving the rear elevation dark for now	Lower	That is the biggest single block of footage on nearly all Kiernan homes, inside 95368, and it can be added later on this same controller.
Skipping fenced side yards nobody sees from Salida Community Park	Lower	Those runs rarely earn their footage, and dropping them keeps the 149-foot measurement honest.
Front-elevation-only coverage	Lower	Keeps nearly all Salida jobs in the 90 to 120 foot band, or about $2,700 to $3,600 all in in Kiernan.

Kiernan and nearby Salida footage bands at $30 per lit foot

Near Salida Community Park
100–156 linear feet lit at $30/ft
$3,000 – $4,680
Older subdivisions with simple rooflines, inside 95368, and very few sealed transitions to build in Kiernan.
Kiernan
96–148 linear feet lit at $30/ft
$2,880 – $4,440
Mostly single-story plans with deep garage returns; a 146-foot reading is typical here.
Prescott
118–178 linear feet lit at $30/ft
$3,540 – $5,340
Mixed one and two-story stock, and the gable peaks are what push a quote toward the top of this band in Kiernan.
Pirrone Estates
92–140 linear feet lit at $30/ft
$2,760 – $4,200
Shorter frontages and shallow eaves produce the smallest totals measured inside 95368 on a 145-foot Salida roofline.

Living with permanent Christmas lights in place under the soffit in Salida once the ladder work is gone

Running cost stays trivial on a 145-foot run at everyday brightness — that is how it reads on a 145-foot Kiernan roofline inside 95368.

Scenes, zones and schedules all live on the 145-foot system itself, not on a subscription. Firmware updates arrive through the mobile app without a service site visit in Kiernan. At 15 percent output a 145-foot run costs almost nothing to leave on nightly.

Running cost stays trivial on a 149-foot run at everyday brightness. Firmware updates arrive through the mobile app without a service site visit near Salida Community Park. At 15 percent output a 149-foot run costs almost nothing to leave on nightly.

What the Salida price for permanent Christmas lights in place under the soffit actually buys

Nothing about the $4,380 total is a range, an estimate or a starting point.

Programming time on a 146-foot system is included for the simple reason that the system is useless unprogrammed. Every scene stored at commissioning is put in writing on a card left with the homeowner in Kiernan. Local material stock means a 146-foot order rarely waits more than a week for delivery.

Nothing about the $4,500 total is a range, an estimate or a starting point. Every scene stored at commissioning is put in writing on a card left with the homeowner near Salida Community Park. Local material stock means a 150-foot order rarely waits more than a week for delivery.

How Salida footage turns permanent Christmas lights in place under the soffit into one total

Footage decides everything: 147 lit feet at $30 is $4,410, and no second multiplier exists.

A put in writing total of $4,410 does not drift in the band of signature and the final walkthrough. Material is ordered against the measured list rather than a padded allowance on a 145-foot Salida roofline. A $4,410 scope includes the whole street-facing face on nearly all Salida family homes.

Footage decides everything: 151 lit feet at $30 is $4,530, and no second multiplier exists. Material is ordered against the measured list rather than a padded allowance — measured that way near Salida Community Park. A $4,530 scope includes the whole street-facing face on nearly all Salida family homes.

Why Salida weather decides which permanent Christmas lights in place under the soffit hardware lasts

A 148-foot run only fails where somebody rushed a termination — that is how it reads on a 145-foot Kiernan roofline inside 95368.

Durability here is a connector question, not a diode question on a 145-foot Salida roofline. Lens rinsing during a scheduled wash restores output without anybody touching the electronics on a 145-foot Salida roofline. A 148-foot Salida roof edge lives through both extremes annually without being taken down.

A 152-foot run only fails where somebody rushed a termination. Lens rinsing during a scheduled wash restores output without anybody touching the electronics — measured that way near Salida Community Park. A 152-foot Salida roof edge lives through both extremes annually without being taken down.

Permanent Christmas lights in place under the soffit: the terms on a Salida quote, in plain English

Soffit mount: Channel tucked under the eave instead of on the face, so daylight hides the hardware entirely on a 145-foot Salida roofline.
Diode: The light-emitting chip inside a module; three color diodes plus a white one per unit near Salida Community Park.
Lit foot: A foot of fascia you actually chose to light — unlit runs near Salida Community Park are never billed in Kiernan.
Scene: A saved mix of color, brightness, inside 95368, and zones; nearly all households in Kiernan settle on three of them.
Linear foot: One foot of fascia along the roof edge — the only unit we bill, which is why 149 feet is the whole story.
Channel: Powder-powder-coated alloy track screwed to the fascia; it holds the modules, inside 95368, and hides them by daylight.

When permanent Christmas lights in place under the soffit is not the right buy for a Salida home

Rentals where nobody will open the mobile app usually end up parked on one static scene, and a simpler product does that for less money in Kiernan.
Fascia that is already soft or delaminating calls for carpentry first — Exterior Prime will not fasten channel to failing board on any Kiernan elevation.
Homes with almost no roof edge facing Salida Community Park get little visual return, and the honest recommendation there is to light the entry alone.
If your lit total would come in under about 60 feet, the $297 standalone minimum starts to dominate what you pay per foot in Kiernan.

Two-minute checklist before you call about permanent Christmas lights in place under the soffit

1Note gate width, RV pads, inside 95368, and low branches along the Kiernan elevation that would slow ladder work the work.
2Ask whether you want a wash the same site visit; the trip is, inside 95368, then shared in the band of two services instead of billed twice.
3Check whether the roof or gutters are due for replacement, for the simple reason that the work should come before 147 feet of channel.
4Look at the fascia color and decide whether you want channel matched to it or to the trim on the Kiernan elevation in Kiernan.
5Think about who will run the mobile app, for the simple reason that person should be home for commissioning near Salida Community Park.

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Permanent Christmas lights in place under the soffit across Salida and 95368

Orchard ground west and north of Salida pushes fine dust onto eaves straight through bloom season on a 145-foot Salida roofline. Measured Kiernan examples are exactly where the 145-foot total quoted on this page comes from.
Orchard ground west and north of Salida pushes fine dust onto eaves straight through bloom season on the 145-foot example priced above. Measured Kiernan examples are exactly where the 146-foot total quoted on this page comes from.
Because Salida is unincorporated Stanislaus County, low-voltage fascia lighting calls for no permit before the work starts. Measured Kiernan examples are exactly where the 147-foot total quoted on this page comes from.
Because Salida is unincorporated Stanislaus County, low-voltage fascia lighting calls for no permit before the work starts. Every Kiernan job closes with photographs of each termination filed against the 148-foot address record.

Salida sits on our Highway 99 route — see the Exterior Prime service area, the pricing page for how lighting sits beside our washing packages, and the permanent lighting FAQ.

Serving Salida 95368 — Kiernan, Prescott, Pirrone Estates, Broadway Colony, Sisk Ranch

Permanent Soffit Lighting in Salida — questions homeowners ask

Often more than on a two-story, for the simple reason that a single-story elevation lights cleanly from one plane and the footage is lower — meaning the $4,350 band buys the entire street-facing face rather than part of it. On 145 feet of Kiernan fascia that is $4,350, hardware and install labour together. A 145-foot run near Salida Community Park is a single install single day in almost every case.

Copy link to this answer: Is permanent Christmas lights in place under the soffit worth it on a single-story Salida home?

Houses inside 95368 generally measure in the band of 90 and 200 lit feet in Kiernan. A single-story near Salida Community Park often stops close to 100, while a Kiernan two-story frontage reaches 146 feet once gable peaks and garage returns are included in. On 146 feet of Kiernan fascia that is $4,380, hardware and install labour together. A 146-foot run near Salida Community Park is a single install single day in almost every case.

Copy link to this answer: How many feet of roof edge does a Kiernan home usually light?

Nearly always a single day. That single day includes mounting channel, seating modules, setting the transformer, in Kiernan, and controller in the garage, and commissioning scenes with you standing there. A few two-story faces run into a second morning. Anything outside the put in writing scope is quoted separately before it is done near Salida Community Park. A 147-foot run near Salida Community Park is a single install single day in almost every case.

Copy link to this answer: How long does a 147-foot install take on a Kiernan home?

Yes. Salida shares a route with Modesto, Manteca, Ripon and Escalon, so a measurement near Salida Community Park usually schedules the same week as neighbouring the work, and travel never appears as its own invoice line. Anything outside the put in writing scope is quoted separately before it is done on a 145-foot Salida roofline. A 148-foot run near Salida Community Park is a single install single day in almost every case.

Copy link to this answer: Do you install around Salida as well as inside Kiernan?

Yes, and that is how nearly all owners run it. The controller tracks local sunset for 95368, so the run near Salida Community Park comes on as the light goes and shuts off at whatever hour you choose. Anything outside the put in writing scope is quoted separately before it is done — measured that way near Salida Community Park. A 149-foot run near Salida Community Park is a single install single day in almost every case.

Copy link to this answer: Can I programmed schedule the 149-foot system to follow Salida sunset?

A holiday hang runs a few hundred dollars every November, inside 95368, and buys nothing permanent. The $4,500 total here is paid once and then includes Christmas, Halloween, game nights and everyday accent light. Anything outside the put in writing scope is quoted separately before it is done on the 145-foot example priced above. A 150-foot run near Salida Community Park is a single install single day in almost every case.

Copy link to this answer: How does this compare to paying for holiday hangs near Salida Community Park?

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