Holiday Light Installation in Lawrence, KS

Is there a holiday light installer that serves Lawrence?

Yes. RM Lighting Solutions hangs holiday lights on Lawrence homes and businesses from our home base in Topeka, just up the road on I-70. We have already installed across Lawrence, Topeka and Emporia. Owner Ray Mendoza is a roofer by trade, so your lights go up by someone who knows how not to hurt the roof under them. The Lawrence line is (785) 554-8293.

Ray has roofed for 9 going on 10 years and grew up around it, since his dad roofs too. He started the lighting side in 2025 because he was on rooftops anyway. A nail through a shingle or a clip forced under the flashing is a roofing problem, and a roofer spots it before it turns into a leak.

Which Lawrence homes are hardest to light?

The trickiest Lawrence houses are the old ones, the two-story Victorians and craftsman homes in Old West Lawrence and the blocks around the KU campus on Mount Oread. They have tall peaks, porches that stick out, dormers and rooflines that change pitch halfway across. They also look the best once they are lit, which is why people want them done right.

Older shingles get brittle. Walking them wrong breaks them, and a light clip pried in at the wrong angle can lift a tab that never sits flat again. Ray checks the pitch and the condition of the shingle first, then picks the clip. On the west side of town, out toward Clinton Lake and the newer neighborhoods, the houses are easier to walk but have long eaves and wide garages, and the strands need to run straight and stop clean at each corner.

Each strand we hang is custom-cut to the house. Nothing is a stock length stretched or bunched to fit.

Book early if you can. Seasonal installs start October 1, and by late November the Kansas River valley can be icy in the mornings. Frozen shingles are brittle and slick, and no roofer likes them. An October or early November date in Lawrence means the crew is working on a dry roof and your lights are on before Thanksgiving weekend.

What does a Lawrence lighting job look like?

A typical Lawrence install is one clean line of commercial-grade C9 LED bulbs along the roofline, usually warm white, set on a timer. Ray told the Emporia Gazette that clean, symmetrical roofline lighting is what people ask for now, more than icicle strands. Some Lawrence customers add wreaths and garland on the porch or wrap a front yard tree.

You can read more about how a house gets done on our residential holiday lighting page. For businesses, the shops and restaurants downtown on Massachusetts Street light up for the holiday season, and the horse-drawn Christmas parade comes right down Mass Street. A lit storefront looks good on that block. Our commercial lighting page covers storefront and office work.

Permanent lighting is another option if you want lights on the house all year for every holiday. That can be installed in any month.

Do I have to store the lights?

No. Lawrence customers on our seasonal lease never buy the lights and never keep them in the basement. We design it, hang it starting in October, keep it working all season, take it down on a set date and store it until next fall. Dead bulb in the middle of December? We come fix it within 24 hours.

Kylie Richardson mentioned that 24-hour fix in her review, and it is a real promise. In a college town where people travel over the holidays, it helps to know the house stays lit while you are gone.

How do I get a Lawrence quote without a site visit?

Send your Lawrence address through our contact page or call (785) 554-8293. We pull the roofline measurements from satellite imagery, so for most homes nobody needs to come walk the yard. You get back an interactive proposal with a free mockup of your own house lit up, and Good, Better and Best options to choose from.

The minimum job is $500 and a $100 deposit locks in your date. Check the pricing page for how the packages compare. We answer Monday through Saturday, 8 to 6, and most quotes go out within 1 to 2 hours.

Ray lives and works in Topeka, and we also cover the Kansas City side, including Shawnee.