Armstrong County, Pennsylvania · 5 mi / ~10 min from Kittanning
Permanent, Christmas and landscape lighting in Ford City, PA
Ford City sits about five miles down the Allegheny from our shop, roughly a ten-minute drive. We light rooflines, porches and yards here all year, from permanent RGBWW track to traditional C9 Christmas installs, and Tyson runs every job himself.

Ford City is the closest town to our headquarters, and that changes how the work gets scheduled. A consult here fits between two other stops, a service call can happen the same afternoon, and nobody pays for windshield time. The borough grew up around the old plate glass works, so the street grid is tight, the lots are narrow, and plenty of homes share a driveway with the house next door.
That density is actually good for lighting. Flat-front porches and straight roof edges take a clean run of color-matched track, and a single controller usually covers the whole street-facing elevation. Up the hill toward Manor Township the properties spread out, the eaves get deeper, and the conversation shifts to soffit runs, columns and the planting beds along the driveway.
Christmas in Ford City is a front-porch holiday. Most of what we hang here is warm-white C9 along the roof edge, wrapped porch posts and a lit tree or two in the yard. If a strand quits in December, the crew is back within a day or two and it costs you nothing. Takedown, labeling and off-season storage are part of the deal, so nothing ends up as a tangled bin in the basement.
Services
Lighting services for Ford City homes and businesses
Permanent lighting
Individually addressable RGBWW pixels along the roof edge and porch, invisible by day, with a dedicated 2700K warm-white diode for the nights you want it to look like plain house lighting.
Christmas lighting
C9 rooflines, wrapped posts and yard trees hung by the Elves in November, serviced all season, taken down and stored starting January 4.
Landscape lighting
Path lights up the hillside steps, uplights on the maples, and warm wash on the porch, all on astronomical timers that track the shrinking December days.
Why Ford City rooflines light well
The river valley pushes wind and freezing fog straight through town in January, and the glass-era homes here have real wood fascia rather than thin vinyl. Our aluminum track anchors into that fascia and carries a strip sealed in silicone, rated IP67, on 16-gauge wire. Ice does not bother it, and you never climb up to it.
Ford City is also a walking town, with the Armstrong Trail hugging the riverbank a block from the main streets. A lit facade here gets seen by more foot traffic than almost anywhere else we work, which is one reason a permanent install in the borough tends to pull inquiries from the next block over.
At a glance
- About 10 minutes from the shop in Kittanning
- Free on-site consult, render mock-up within 48 hours
- Permanent installs finish in 1 to 2 days for most homes
- Christmas service calls within 24 to 48 hours, no charge
- 3-year parts and 1-year labor warranty
Around town: Allegheny River · Armstrong Trail · Ford City Veterans Bridge · Ford City Park
FAQ
What Ford City homeowners ask us
From the journal
Reading for Ford City homeowners

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Christmas Lighting for Front Porches and Columns
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Light up Ford City.
Free consultation. Render of your actual house within 48 hours. Installed by the brothers, not a franchise.
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