Getting programmable color onto the rooflines, eaves and porch trim of a two-story house is no small job, and that is exactly the challenge this project takes on. The maker fitted a pro version of a permanent exterior LED product around the home, picked up while it was on sale, and the whole thing is now finished and running.
The scale is serious: 180 feet of lights plus roughly 90 feet of extension wire. To keep the install tidy, black 18/5 irrigation cable was bought for the roof run, along with white three-strand cable chosen to match the gutters. The lights sit tucked under the fascia and trim, throwing color across the siding, held about 4 inches off the wall. Around six connections were soldered by hand, and every extension and splice in the kit ended up used.
Access was sorted with a rented lift, booked for three days covering a weekend plus one extra day. The night results look great: the strips shift between blue, purple, red and warm white, with animated chasing effects running across the runs.
One open item: the job was planned for a single weekend, but the house proved more demanding than expected and extra rental days had to be added. The maker also promised a daytime picture in the comments, so the daylight appearance of all that cable work is still something I would love to see confirmed.
Project by Clay. Watch it on their YouTube channel: