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We require a 30% deposit to begin, after which we proceed to order your materials. The remaining balance is due on the date of your installation, and we accept payment by check, cash, card, or via our third-party financing partner. We aim to facilitate your budgeting process as much as possible!
We offer a comprehensive, industry-leading 5 year parts and labour warranty. However, considering the lights are rated for 50,000 hours, it’s probable that you won’t need to reach out to us for quite some time.
We have one of the best warranties in the industry. We give a 5 year warranty for the system included with every installation, covering all parts and labour required for servicing.
We provide a 5-year all-inclusive warranty, along with full support from our team. From installation guidance to troubleshooting, we ensure your system remains fully functional and your satisfaction is our priority.
Each light is individually connected to the next, so replacing bulbs is extremely easy and simple. Simply contact us in the rare case that you have a failed bulb, and we will get to your house ASAP to replace it.
We’re delighted to offer replacement services for any part of the system. Faulty components are replaced free of charge within the 5-year warranty period. After the warranty expires, LED bulbs can be replaced for approximately each. Lighting IQ’s lights can be customized and modified at any time, provided the power is disconnected. The system’s modular design, featuring individual lights instead of strands or LED strips, allows for easy customization. If you ever wish to expand your system, we can seamlessly accommodate your needs!
Certainly! Our lights are embraced by customers for a multitude of occasions including birthdays, family gatherings, game nights, welcome home celebrations, and various types of parties. With our wide array of color options, you can effortlessly elevate any event and make it truly memorable.
Due to the minimal visual impact of their design, permanent installation, and diverse functionality beyond holiday decorations, our lights have not faced any rejections from strata councils to date. However, it is always recommended to consult your individual strata council for specific regulations and approval processes before installation.
Our lights are low power, customizable, easy to use, reliable, and safe all year round! Our lights are specifically designed to be subtle, and nearly invisible during the day, and used to accent the home in the evening without being over-done. Our lights have been specially designed with extensive research to output the perfect lumens so that it gives your home a customized and luxurious look. Our lights still brighten up the yard for security or during Christmas and holidays, they provide an unparalleled festive feeling, but they are safe for light pollution to use any time, day or night. Our custom-built track system that we manufacture in-house, ensures that when you don’t want your lights to be seen, they blend into the house and are barely noticeable. In addition, most customers love our warm white LED. Our lights use a unique control to be able to have a warm white, luxurious, architectural lighting. The warm white staggered patterns allow your home to stand out in a luxurious and welcoming way. We have one of the best warranties in the business and unlike most of our competitors, we are currently expanding our product line to allow for even more control from a single interface.
Depending on the structure of your roofline, the tracks are mounted on either the outer edge of the soffit, or on the backside of the fascia board, flush with the bottom, with the lights directed downward in both instances.
Our professional team installs LED lights discreetly along your home’s exterior, using a method that ensures they are invisible by day and dazzling by night. The installation is fast, clean, and designed to last for years with minimal maintenance.
It depends on the size of the home. Most 2 storey homes can be done in 1 day. Bungalows are usually a half-day, and some estate homes/custom homes may require 2 or more days. Our aluminum tracks are custom-made for your home to be a perfect colour match. We do this by going out to the same manufacturer that your contractor used when they installed your downspouts, soffit, fascia, etc and we order that same colour and product to ensure a perfect match. Unfortunately, this does mean that for more rare colours we are at the mercy of the manufacturer and any delays they may have in getting that colour to us. We do our best to hold inventory for all colours and brands but there are times where we need to order a colour in. We usually will not schedule appointments until we know that the colour match for your house is in. Because of this, most installs will be at least 2 weeks from the time a deposit is paid.
Typically, installations of moderate size are completed within a single day. Your presence is required only at the outset and conclusion of the installation process. Rest assured, we will liaise with you to arrange a suitable time for your installation.
We mount the lights on a color-matched aluminum track, crafted from the same material as your gutters. We ensure that the track matches the depth of your soffit construction, allowing the lights to protrude slightly from the track beneath the fascia. This design ensures that the lights remain inconspicuous from the street, unless specifically sought out.
We’ll adjust the hanging depth of the lights according to the fascia depth of your home, ensuring a tailored fit. This approach creates a sleek, low-profile appearance that seamlessly integrates with your home’s aesthetic.
In every Lighting IQ installation, you’ll find a color-matched track, perfectly coordinated with the soffit or fascia color, ensuring a seamless integration with the edge of the fascia. The tracks are meticulously designed to direct the lights downward, maximizing the ambiance effect. Additionally, each installed track overlaps the previous one, ensuring a cohesive flow that harmonizes with the home or business. Considering the varied shapes of houses or businesses, most installed tracks will likely feature corners or bends. Rest assured, all corners are meticulously installed to maintain a clean and tight appearance, ensuring a symmetrical flow that beautifully showcases the lights.
Currently, no. Unfortunately, the install process is never as easy as people think. When running the lights for 10 feet, it is the easiest thing to install. When doing it across an entire house, transitioning rooflines, and understanding the flow of animations, it is a completely different scenario. Also, more and more municipalities are beginning to require that a certified electrician install this type of product, which makes a DIY option difficult.
Technically, our lights can’t burn out like a traditional light bulb although the lights can fail over time. We have one of the best warranties in the industry to help support this. The lights are technically rated for 50,000 hours while most people experience usage far beyond these numbers.
Our LED lights are rated for 50,000 hours of use, which translates to over 22 years at 6 hours/day.
Our lights are certified to last up to 50,000 hours, ensuring a durable outdoor lighting system that will serve you for many years to come! Depending on usage, we anticipate a lifespan of 10-20 years — making it a single installation, a single investment, and countless years of fulfilling all your lighting requirements!
Regular maintenance is unnecessary apart from the firmware and app updates periodically released.
Our lights are 0.72W per light. This is at full colour and maximum brightness. On average, a full system of lights will draw around 100W.
The lights on full bright white use less than one watt of power. It’s little enough that you won’t notice a difference in your electricity usage.
Technically, our lights are a high level of water resistance. The lights themselves, when not in the track, have a water resistance rating called IP65. In the track, this rating is significantly improved, although all that is needed is just the IP65 rating. Your tracks and lights can be pressure washed and cleaned without concern.
Yes. Our LED lights are low-voltage, waterproof, and UV-resistant, making them safe for year-round outdoor use. They’re also energy-efficient, consuming far less electricity than traditional lighting, and are maintenance-free.
Absolutely! Every light and connection boasts an IP65 Waterproof rating and can function within a temperature range from -40 to 55 and beyond. All connections and wires are UV rated to withstand prolonged exposure to sunlight, although they’re installed beneath the roofline, minimizing such exposure. The track, crafted from durable aluminum, mirrors the material of your gutters, ensuring longevity without rusting or degradation.
Absolutely! Our lights and all of the other components we use are cUL certified. Many low-voltage lighting companies mistakenly believe that they don’t require proper approvals for low-voltage lighting. This is incorrect, and as a consumer, it’s crucial to ensure that the product you’re purchasing is duly approved. Look for our cUL stamp of approval on our products for your peace of mind.
The controller and any extra power supplies come bundled in an appealing, weatherproof control box which is installed either indoors or outdoors based on your preference and the installation location. The controller and power supply are connected to a standard 120V outlet, commonly located in the garage near your sprinkler system. Subsequently, we route low-voltage, 12V wiring throughout the system.
Our products are constantly being improved with new features. Our latest application and controller are connected via your home’s WiFi and requires a stable 2.4GHz network in order to function. If you don’t know how to tell if you have a 2.4 GHz network, simply email info@lightingiq.ca Our app to control the lights is available on both Apple and Android devices.
Yes, reaching as low as 2700K. It’s accurate to note that competing products in the Permanent Christmas Lighting sector often lack a genuine warm white option. Our LEDs are RGBW and feature a dedicated yellow “diode,” enabling the provision of authentic warm white illumination—something our product boasts!
Absolutely! Our lights are equipped with individual addressability, granting you the freedom to select specific lights to illuminate and customize their colors. You can also link them together in various configurations to create unique patterns and animations. With millions of color possibilities at your disposal, along with hundreds of preset patterns and animations, the creative options are endless!
Certainly! Every single light is individually controllable, giving you the flexibility to select the lights you wish to activate and customize their color, ranging from bright white to warm white, or any hue across the spectrum. This means you can, for instance, illuminate lights positioned at the apex of each peak and around corners and columns while keeping the remainder off, thereby creating nightly accents for your home. You can also take advantage of a wide range of accent lighting style presets. For example, every third or fourth light on, with the rest off, or a 2-on 2-off repeating pattern.
Absolutely! Our system allows you to choose from millions of color combinations, motion effects, and preset schedules. You have full control right from your phone, making it easy to celebrate any occasion.
Definitely. With Lighting IQ, you can easily switch between themes for Christmas, Halloween, Easter, birthdays, or any special event. The lights can be customized to fit any celebration, all with a tap on the app.
The lights feature RGBW technology, offering a spectrum of millions of colors, including various shades of white. Users have the freedom to craft personalized programs and color combinations, providing limitless creative possibilities
Through our app, you gain the flexibility to manage your lights from any location via cloud technology. This implies that as long as your handheld device is connected to the internet, you can remotely turn your lights on or off and adjust patterns, whether you’re at work or anywhere else in the world!
Indeed they are! Utilizing our app, you can effortlessly control and adjust the brightness of either all the lights or specific sections to achieve your desired effect.
Absolutely, you have the capability to store numerous nightly and weekly timers, along with calendar events for holidays and other significant occasions. These can be configured by hour or utilize the Sunrise and Sunset features for added convenience.
Yes, you have the option to do so, although we advise against overlapping your daily timer with a calendar event. For instance, you could schedule a calendar event for a holiday to run from 7 PM to 11 PM. Subsequently, you could set a daily timer to activate from 11:01 PM to midnight, or extend it even until 5 AM. As long as the timers do not overlap, they will function correctly.
Indeed, we have the capability to link individual WiFi controllers to distinct areas of the house. This grants you the flexibility to selectively activate specific sections of lights or to display different patterns simultaneously across various parts of your home.
No, our controller is equipped with built-in memory, ensuring that all saved programs and timers remain intact even if the controller loses power. However, we advise keeping our controller plugged in at all times unless conducting a soft reset or hard reset.
Firmware updates for the WiFi controller are released as necessary and can be installed when accessing the system via our app. The app continuously undergoes enhancements and receives new features, which are updated through your phone’s app store.