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Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania · 45 mi / ~60 min from Kittanning

Permanent, Christmas and landscape lighting in Greensburg, PA

Greensburg is the county seat of Westmoreland County and about a 60-minute drive from Kittanning. We bring permanent roofline lighting, traditional Christmas displays and landscape lighting to the brick and stone homes around the courthouse and the newer plans out toward Hempfield.

Snow-covered Western Pennsylvania home with warm-white Christmas roofline lighting installed by Thraxel

Greensburg has one of the better skylines in Western PA for a town its size. The courthouse dome, the Palace Theatre and the blocks of brick homes around Seton Hill give the older neighborhoods real architecture, and real architecture is what lighting is for. Deep cornices, dormers and porch columns each become a zone, and we render the whole house before a single piece of track is cut.

Head out past the Route 30 retail strip and the housing changes to Hempfield ranches, split-levels and the plan communities of the last twenty years. Those homes have less trim but more roofline, and a clean warm-white run across the eaves with the peaks picked out is usually the right answer. The mock-up shows you both options within 48 hours of the consult.

The drive from Kittanning to Greensburg is about 45 miles, so we stack our Westmoreland work into route days. Booking early gets you onto one of those days rather than waiting for the next pass. The good November weekends for Christmas installs are gone by mid-fall most years, and landscape zones slow down once the ground freezes.

Lighting for a Laurel Highlands winter

Greensburg sits at the western edge of the Laurel Highlands, and the weather shows it: heavier snow than Pittsburgh, more freezing rain and long stretches of gray from December through February. Permanent lighting was designed for exactly that stretch. It is the only thing on the house that looks better in a snowstorm, and nobody has to touch it until spring.

Everything we mount is UL, ETL and CUL certified and sealed to IP67, and the track is aluminum, not plastic, so it does not get brittle at 10 degrees. Landscape fixtures run on astronomical timers that track the early sunsets of a Highlands December without you resetting anything.

At a glance

  • About 60 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: Westmoreland County Courthouse · Westmoreland Museum of American Art · Seton Hill University · The Palace Theatre · St. Clair Park · Lynch Field

FAQ

Greensburg lighting questions

Yes. Thraxel installs permanent RGBWW roofline lighting throughout Greensburg and Hempfield Township. The shop is in Kittanning, about 45 miles and a 60-minute drive away, so Greensburg jobs are grouped into Westmoreland County route days. The process is the same as anywhere else: a free on-site consultation, a render of your actual house within 48 hours, and a one- to two-day install once the design is approved.
Greensburg gets more snow and freezing rain than the Pittsburgh side of the county because it sits on the edge of the Laurel Highlands. The Thraxel permanent system is rated for it: each pixel is sealed in IP67 marine-grade silicone, wired on 16-gauge cable, and mounted in aluminum track that does not go brittle in the cold. The system stays up year-round with a 3-year parts warranty.
For a seasonal Christmas install in Greensburg, plan to book in September or early October. November weekends with workable weather fill quickly across Westmoreland County, and Thraxel installs only when conditions allow. Every seasonal job includes a design render, professional installation, in-season repairs within 24 to 48 hours at no charge, and takedown with labeled storage starting January 4.
Yes. Permanent track is mounted to fascia and trim, not to brick, and Christmas lighting uses clips rather than staples, so the masonry is never drilled or punctured. For older homes near the courthouse we design zone by zone so cornices, dormers and columns can be lit separately. Every component carries UL, ETL and CUL certification, and the crew is fully insured. Reach Tyson for a quote at 724-859-4390.

Light up Greensburg.

Free consultation. Render of your actual house within 48 hours. Installed by the brothers, not a franchise.

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