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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.

Blue house at night with its roofline and peaks traced in Thraxel permanent lighting

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.

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

Yes. Ford City is about five miles and roughly ten minutes from Thraxel's shop in Kittanning, which makes it the shortest trip on the route. We install permanent RGBWW roofline, soffit and column lighting throughout the borough and the surrounding Armstrong County townships. The free on-site consult includes a live demo case on your driveway, and a render of your actual house comes back within 48 hours.
Most residential roofline lighting in Ford City does not need a permit, because it is a low-voltage attachment to the fascia rather than a structural change. Thraxel checks with the borough before any job that involves new circuits, signage or a commercial facade, and we handle that paperwork ourselves before a ladder goes up. If your street has a homeowners association, our color-matched track has cleared every HOA review we have been through so far.
Fast. Because Ford City is on the daily Kittanning route, seasonal repairs here are usually handled the same day or the next, well inside the 24 to 48 hour window we promise everywhere else. A dark strand, a chewed wire on a yard tree or a timer that lost its schedule is covered at no cost for the whole season. Text Tyson at 724-859-4390 and the crew puts it on the list.
Very little. Each RGBWW pixel draws roughly 0.3 watts, so a typical 168-LED roofline running six hours a night uses about $52.80 in electricity per year. That is a fraction of what an old incandescent porch floodlight burns through. The system follows a schedule you set in the Thraxel Lighting app, so it only draws power during the hours it is actually lit.

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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