Questions, answered
The things people actually ask us before booking a quote.
- What is permanent holiday lighting?
- Programmable LED lights installed once, year-round, in a low-profile aluminum channel along your roofline. The channel is color-matched to your fascia so you don't notice it in daylight, and the lights themselves are controlled from an app — any color, pattern or schedule, any night of the year.
- Can you see the lights during the day?
- Barely. Our patented channel matches the color of your fascia and hides the wiring completely, so in daylight you see your roofline, not a light display. That's the biggest difference from clip-on strings and cheaper strip products.
- Is the quote really free?
- Yes. We come to your home, measure the actual roofline, design the lighting with you and give you one installed price. There's no obligation either way.
- What can the app do?
- Our smart app gives you virtually unlimited colors, patterns and animations. You can save scenes — warm white for every day, red and green for Christmas, orange for Halloween, your team's colors for game day — schedule them by date and time, and change everything from your phone, anywhere.
- How long do the lights last?
- The LEDs are rated for about 50,000 hours and carry a lifetime product warranty. Used a few hours a night, that's decades of normal use.
- Does it use a lot of electricity?
- No. It's a low-voltage 12-volt system, and the 3L bulbs draw under a watt each — running the whole roofline for an evening costs pennies, not dollars.
- Will it survive Houston weather?
- It's built for exactly that. The system is permanently mounted in an aluminum channel — there's nothing to blow down, sag or re-hang after a storm, which is what kills seasonal strings here.
- How long does installation take?
- Most homes are done in a day; larger or more complex rooflines can take two. Factory-trained technicians mount the channel, wire the system, connect the app and walk you through it before they leave.
- Can it double as security lighting?
- Yes. The same system can run bright white on a schedule or on demand, which removes the dark corners intruders prefer. We're part of the Bulldog family alongside Bulldog Security Services, so lighting a home for safety is familiar ground for us.
- Do you do commercial buildings?
- Yes — storefronts, restaurants, office parks, HOAs and municipal projects. We install a commercial-grade line, and we quote from plans or a site walk.
- Which areas do you cover?
- The Houston metro — Houston, Spring, The Woodlands, Cypress, Katy, Tomball, Humble and the surrounding communities. If you're not sure whether you're in range, call us and we'll tell you straight away.
- Who is BDS Lighting?
- We're the permanent lighting division of the Bulldog family — Bulldog Signature Lighting, LLC, an authorized Trimlight dealer based in Houston, from the same house as Bulldog Security Services, a Texas company operating since 2010 with an A+ BBB rating.