Butler County, Pennsylvania · 45 mi / ~60 min from Kittanning
Permanent, Christmas and landscape lighting in Slippery Rock, PA
Slippery Rock is a college town on the northern edge of Butler County, about an hour from our Kittanning shop. We light rental houses near campus, farmhouses out Route 108 and the newer plans north of the borough.

Slippery Rock University sits at the center of town, which means a good share of the housing near campus is rental stock with landlords who care about curb appeal but do not want a ladder job every fall. Permanent lighting solves that math once. Farther out, along Route 108 and into the township, homes sit on bigger lots with barns and outbuildings that get their own lighting story.
The borough is compact enough to walk end to end, but the township around it climbs into hilly farmland where wind off the ridges is a real factor every winter. Slippery Rock Creek cuts through McConnells Mill State Park just south of town, and the same gorge weather that draws hikers in October buries porches in ice by January. We design track mounts that hold through both seasons.
Christmas here still runs through downtown storefronts and the porches along Main Street, and we treat Slippery Rock like any other stop on the route: design, a render mock-up, install with the crew in costume, and repairs inside 24 to 48 hours if anything goes dark in December. Takedown starts January 4, same as everywhere else we work.
Services
Our work in and around Slippery Rock
Permanent lighting
RGBWW roofline and column lighting built to survive gorge-country wind, with a landlord-friendly option for rental properties near campus that only needs one install, not a fall ritual.
Christmas lighting
Full-service Christmas lighting for downtown storefronts and Main Street porches, with repairs inside 24 to 48 hours if the season turns rough.
Landscape lighting
Path and barn lighting for the larger township lots, plus uplighting for stone farmhouse foundations, on timers that adjust as the days shorten.
Why Slippery Rock properties are a good fit
Wind funnels through the McConnells Mill gorge and across the open farmland north of town, which is harder on clipped seasonal strands than most of our territory. The permanent system runs in aluminum track screwed to the fascia, not clipped to a gutter apron, and the IP67 silicone housings are rated for exactly that kind of exposure.
Student housing near campus turns over often, and a landlord who lights one duplex on a block tends to see the next one follow within a season or two, a pattern we track across residential installs generally. For homeowners further out, the app's scheduling means the lights come on at dusk and cut off automatically at whatever hour suits a farmhouse with no streetlights nearby.
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: Slippery Rock University · McConnells Mill State Park · Jennings Environmental Education Center · Slippery Rock Creek · Route 108
FAQ
Common questions from Butler County
From the journal
Reading for Slippery Rock homeowners

Western PA · 5 min
What Our 16xxx ZIP Daily Route Means for You
Every 16xxx ZIP code in Pennsylvania is on Thraxel's daily route, from Kittanning out to Butler, Indiana and beyond. Here is what that means for scheduling.

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.

Weather & Durability · 6 min
Will Permanent Lights Survive a Pennsylvania Winter?
Yes. Thraxel permanent lighting uses IP67 marine-grade silicone pixels on 16-gauge wire inside aluminum track, and it is built to stay on the house through ice and snow.
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