Butler County, Pennsylvania · 35 mi / ~48 min from Kittanning
Permanent, Christmas and landscape lighting in Mars, PA
Mars is about 35 miles from Kittanning, roughly 48 minutes across Butler County. The borough is small, but the Mars ZIP covers Adams and Middlesex townships and thousands of newer homes with HOAs. We light rooflines, trees and entries here year-round.
Say Mars and most people picture the flying saucer downtown, but the lighting work happens out along Route 228, where Adams and Middlesex townships have added plan after plan since the early 2000s. Those houses share a look: two stories, front-facing gables, stone veneer at the entry, and a homeowners association with an architectural committee that meets monthly.
That committee is not an obstacle for a permanent system done right. The aluminum track is powder-coated to your trim color and mounted flush under the fascia, which is why it has passed every HOA Thraxel has submitted to. You get a render of your exact house within 48 hours of the consult, and that render is usually the whole approval exhibit.
Kittanning to Mars is about 48 minutes, mostly on Route 228 and Route 8, so we pair Mars visits with Cranberry and Wexford consults. Tyson sets the demo case with four live RGBWW strips on the driveway, runs a full color cycle next to a plain warm white, and lets you decide which one your street sees most nights.
Services
Our work in and around Mars
Permanent lighting
Gable, roofline and entry-column lighting for Adams and Middlesex plans, HOA packet included, 16 million colors plus a dedicated warm white.
Christmas lighting
Traditional warm-white or multicolor installs with a mock-up first, in-season repairs within 24 to 48 hours, and storage after takedown.
Landscape lighting
Uplights for young ornamental trees, path lights along new walks, and entry lighting that makes the stone veneer earn its cost after dark.
Why Mars plans light up fast
Newer construction in Adams Township means long, uninterrupted fascia runs, few obstructions and modern electrical, so most installs finish in one to two days. It also means neighbors who see each other at the mailbox. On 11 of our last 14 residential permanent installs, a neighbor on the same street signed within 18 months, and Mars is exactly the kind of place where that happens.
Butler County winters push wet snow off those steep gables. Pixels sealed in IP67 marine-grade silicone, on 16-gauge wire, screwed into aluminum track, shrug that off. If one ever fails, it is individually addressable and typically replaced the same day.
At a glance
- About 48 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: Route 228 · Mars Area High School · the Mars flying saucer · Breakneck Creek
FAQ
Common questions from Butler County
From the journal
Reading for Mars homeowners
HOA, Permits & Neighbors · 6 min
HOA Rules and Permanent Lighting in Western PA
Most Western PA HOA covenants regulate what shows by day, not what glows at night. Thraxel's color-matched track has passed every HOA we have worked in. Here is why.
Western PA · 6 min
Permanent Roofline Lighting in Butler County, PA
Thraxel installs RGBWW permanent lighting across Butler County, from Saxonburg to Cranberry Township, with a free render mock-up returned within 48 hours.
Design by Home Style · 6 min
Lighting a New-Construction Home Before You Move In
New builds let permanent lighting get planned before landscaping, siding touch-ups or a final grade are finished, so track goes on once with nothing to work around later.
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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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