Christmas Light Installation in Putnam, CT

Putnam houses sit close to the road, and in the older parts of town they sit close to each other. Downtown and through the antique district the blocks run two and three stories with the front step nearly on the sidewalk, so a lit facade in Putnam is not only for the people inside it. Everyone walking to the shops or coming through on Route 44 sees it, which is a fair argument for getting the roofline right.

It also means the eaves you want lit are a long way up, on a narrow lot, in November. That is the part homeowners tend to underestimate. A three-story front on a cold wet afternoon is no place to be learning ladder work, and down in the Quinebaug valley the damp hangs around well into the evening.

On the taller Putnam houses we plan the ladder before we plan the lights. Finding footing on a narrow side yard or a short apron of frontage takes time, and rushing that is how people end up hurt. We work the eaves and rooflines in sections and cut every run to the real measurement of the gutter line, rather than hanging a store-bought set and letting the leftover dangle at the corner.

You choose between commercial-grade C9 bulbs and mini lights. C9s carry better from a distance, which suits a tall three-story front that has to read from across the street. Minis look right on a smaller cape or ranch out past the Route 12 and Route 44 split, where whoever is looking is much closer to the house. Either way we bring the clips, the cords, and the timers.