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Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania · 48 mi / ~62 min from Kittanning

Permanent, Christmas and landscape lighting in Latrobe, PA

Latrobe is Arnold Palmer's town, Fred Rogers' town and the Steelers' summer home at Saint Vincent. It is also about 48 miles and a 62-minute drive from our Kittanning shop, where we build the permanent, Christmas and landscape lighting we install here.

Residential roofline lit with permanent Thraxel lighting on a Western Pennsylvania home at night

Latrobe homes are a mix of tidy brick and frame houses on the grid near the Loyalhanna, mid-century ranches climbing the hills toward Saint Vincent, and larger newer builds in Unity Township. The frame homes light like a postcard with warm-white C9s every December. The ranches want permanent pixels on the long eave with peaks accented, and the Unity Township builds usually have enough roofline for six or more zones.

This is Laurel Highlands weather. Latrobe gets hit by the same systems that bury Ligonier and the ridge to the east, and freezing rain in January is normal. That is the argument for a permanent system: it is mounted once, sealed against water and ice, and nobody is up a ladder in a storm. Traditional Christmas lighting still makes sense if you only want December, and we say so.

We work Latrobe as part of our Westmoreland County route, usually paired with Greensburg. The drive is about an hour each way, so we group consults and installs, and a booked neighborhood gets faster follow-up than a single house on its own. If you and a neighbor both want it, tell us. It shortens everybody's wait.

Why Latrobe is a game-day lighting town

Training camp at Saint Vincent means Latrobe takes its black and gold seriously. The permanent system ships with a Game Day scene alongside Everyday Warm, Christmas, July 4th and Halloween, and each one is a tap in the Thraxel Lighting app or a voice command through Alexa, Google Home or HomeKit. A pixel draws about 0.3 watts, so running the roofline for every kickoff costs almost nothing.

Between events, the dedicated 2700K warm-white diode gives you a real architectural white, not the pinkish mix that RGB-only kits produce. That is what most Latrobe homeowners run 300 nights a year.

At a glance

  • About 62 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: Saint Vincent College · Arnold Palmer Regional Airport · Loyalhanna Creek · Lincoln Highway (Route 30) · Legion Keener Park

FAQ

Before you book in Latrobe

Yes. Latrobe is about 48 miles from Thraxel's Kittanning shop, roughly a 62-minute drive, and it falls inside the Pennsylvania service footprint. Thraxel schedules Latrobe consultations and installs on Westmoreland County route days, often alongside Greensburg. The free on-site consultation, 48-hour render mock-up, one- to two-day install and final walkthrough are identical to what customers in Armstrong County receive.
They do. Thraxel's permanent lighting uses pixels sealed in marine-grade IP67 silicone on 16-gauge wire, held in color-matched aluminum track against the fascia. Snow load, ice and freezing rain are the conditions it was specified for, and the system is left mounted through every Latrobe winter. Parts are warranted for 3 years and labor for 1 year, and single failed pixels are diagnosed individually and typically swapped the same day.
Yes. The Thraxel permanent system includes a Game Day scene that turns the roofline black and gold, and it runs from the Thraxel Lighting app or through Alexa, Google Home, Apple HomeKit and Control4. You can also build custom scenes from 16 million colors and sync them to music. Each pixel draws roughly 0.3 watts, so lighting the house for every game adds very little to the electric bill.
Book Christmas lighting for Latrobe by early fall. The November weekends with workable weather are the first to fill, and Thraxel's crew installs only when conditions permit, which in the Highlands can mean a narrow window. A seasonal booking covers design, install, free in-season repairs within 24 to 48 hours, and takedown with labeled off-season storage starting January 4. Tyson books the date by call or text at 724-859-4390.

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

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