Permanent roofline LED lighting in New Jersey runs about $3,500 to $9,000 for a typical house, and a low-voltage landscape lighting system runs about $1,800 to $6,500 depending on fixture count and how far the runs go. Both get hardwired on a dedicated circuit by our own licensed electricians — no extension cord out the basement window, no gutter clips, no ladder in December, and nothing screwed through your shingles.
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Permanent roofline LED lighting in New Jersey runs about $3,500 to $9,000 for a typical house, and a low-voltage landscape lighting system runs about $1,800 to $6,500 depending on fixture count and how far the runs go. Typical price: $1.8K – $12K. Licensed & insured, written itemized price before work starts, no deposit, one dedicated crew. Serving all 21 New Jersey counties from Paramus. Call (201) 676-3099 or book a free estimate.
It's a slim aluminum channel mounted along the roofline with individually addressable RGB LEDs inside, behind a weatherproof lens. From the street in daylight it reads as trim. At night you run warm white for everyday, orange for Halloween, red and green in December, and whatever your kid's team colors are the rest of the year — from an app, on a schedule.
What it isn't: a replacement for landscape lighting or security lighting. Roofline LEDs wash the face of the house. They don't light a walkway, they don't light a driveway, and they won't help you find your keys. Most houses that look great at night are running two systems — roofline for the facade, low-voltage for the ground.
It also isn't a project for a handyman with a caulk gun. It's a permanently installed exterior electrical system, and in New Jersey that means a proper circuit, GFCI protection and a weatherproof in-use enclosure.
The track mounts under the drip edge, into the fascia, or in the soffit line — never screwed through your shingles or the roof deck. On a house with aluminum-capped fascia we fasten into solid wood behind the cap, not into the cap itself, which tears out the first time ice loads the gutter.
We keep the track clear of the gutter lip so your gutters can still be cleaned and your guards can still come off. And we plan the runs around New Jersey winters: ice and snow slide off a roof and take anything in the way with them, so on steep slopes the track goes where the slide doesn't reach, or we add snow guards above it.
We walk the property with you around dark, because that's the only time you can actually see what needs light and what's already lit by a streetlight or a neighbor.
Fixture count and placement, track runs, transformer and circuit, each on its own line. Price good for 90 days, no deposit.
Our licensed electrician runs the dedicated circuit, GFCI protection and a weatherproof in-use cover. Permit pulled where your township requires one.
Roofline track mounted and sealed, or landscape cable trenched, fixtures set and aimed. Lawn and beds put back the way we found them.
We come back after dark to aim every fixture and set your scenes and schedules in the app with you standing there.
You run the app yourself, change a scene yourself, and sign off item by item before final payment.
Most New Jersey HOAs are fine with permanent roofline lighting because the track disappears in daylight and the whole thing dims. Some have rules about color and hours. Check before you buy, and get the answer in writing from your board — we'll give you the product details they'll ask for.
And a word of advice you won't get from a salesman: warm white at 30 to 40 percent brightness looks expensive. Full-blast color every night looks like a carnival, annoys your neighbors and is the main reason people end up turning these systems off. We set the everyday scene conservatively and leave the loud ones for the holidays.
Paramus-based, installing roofline and landscape lighting across all 21 New Jersey counties. Got a landscape system that's half dead with a transformer humming in the garage? We repair and rebuild those — often for a fraction of a full replacement. Send a daytime photo of the front of the house to (201) 676-3099 or info@firstcallcontractingnj.com to get started.
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How we beat the big chains: The roofline-lighting brands sell a track at a per-foot price built around a national ad budget, then hand the electrical to a sub. Ours is installed and wired by the same licensed crew, on a dedicated circuit, and we're the ones who answer the phone in year three. No franchise fees, no commissioned salesmen, no rented subcontractors — that's typically 15–30% under national-brand quotes for the same or better spec. Bring us any written quote and we'll match the scope line by line.
“They screwed the light track right through my shingles. Now I've got a row of holes in a two-year-old roof.”
“The landscape lights were run off an extension cord through the garage window and the GFCI trips every time it rains.”
“Half the path lights went dim after the first year and the installer said that's just how low-voltage works.”
You found a crew that is actually near you. First Call Contracting is based in Paramus, in Bergen County, and our own licensed techs handle outdoor & roofline lighting in all 21 New Jersey counties — no call center, no subcontractor sent from two states away. Most of Bergen, Passaic, Hudson and Essex is 15 to 30 minutes from our shop, and emergencies go to the nearest crew, 24/7.
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Call (201) 676-3099, text us a photo, or book a free in-home estimate — you get a written price before any work starts.
About $3,500 to $9,000 for a typical single-family house, driven by linear feet of track, the number of roof planes and how hard the access is. Two-story homes with cut-up rooflines and steep pitches cost more. The dedicated circuit and the electrical work are included in our written price, not added later.
Barely. The track is a low-profile channel, color-matched to your trim or gutter, tucked under the drip edge or into the fascia line. From the street it reads as a trim detail. It's a very different look from staple-gunned string lights hanging off the gutter in February.
No. These are LEDs, and even a whole roofline at full brightness draws a fraction of what old incandescent holiday strings pulled. Most people run a warm white scene at partial brightness most nights, which is less power than a couple of bulbs. What you actually save is the ladder time and the string lights you replace every other year.
Not the way we do it. The track never penetrates the roof surface; it fastens to fascia or soffit in solid wood, and we keep it clear of the gutter lip so gutters and guards can still be serviced. On steep roofs we plan around snow and ice slide, adding snow guards above the track where it's needed.
Yes, and it's often the better buy. Most failed systems are a burnt transformer, corroded splices, cut cable from a spade or a plow, and undersized wire on long runs. We test it, show you what's salvageable, and price a repair and a rebuild side by side so you can pick.
Adding a new dedicated exterior circuit is electrical work, and most townships want an electrical permit for it. Replacing fixtures on an existing circuit usually doesn't. We check with your township, pull what's required and meet the inspector — that's included.
If you're anywhere in New Jersey, yes. First Call Contracting is based in Paramus and handles outdoor & roofline lighting across all 21 counties with our own licensed crew. Most of Bergen, Passaic, Hudson and Essex is 15 to 30 minutes from our shop, and emergencies are dispatched to the nearest crew 24/7. Call (201) 676-3099 or book a free in-home estimate.
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