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Permanent patio and bistro lights: warm 3000K nightly, color for the party

Bistro lights are the string of big bulbs that make a patio feel like a place. Ours are Minleon RGBW S14 bulbs with a dedicated 3000K white diode, so the everyday setting is the warm cafe glow people buy bistro lights for, and they switch to any color from the same app that runs the roofline.

Priced at $24 per foot of hang path plus a $495 system line, or no system line when installed with a roofline package.

Where they hang

Along eaves and pergola beams on clips, or on a stainless guide cable for spans between posts. A 16 by 20 patio with three swags is typically 60 to 80 feet of hang path. Steel posts set in concrete are added at cost where there's nothing to attach to.

Outdoor kitchens and covered patios

Under a covered patio the bulbs can run at low brightness as the only light you need for dinner. Over an outdoor kitchen we hang the run a little higher and brighter so the cook can see. Both are separate zones if you want them to behave differently.

Commercial patios

Restaurant and brewery patios use the same bulb at 24-inch spacing with brand colors saved as a scene. Twist-lock connectors mean a bulb swap is a minute with no splicing.

Related: Where Permanent Lights Go: Eaves, Gables, Soffits, Columns, Garage, Trees, Patio · price list.

Packages for this

Backyard pergola patio with warm-white bistro bulbs in three swags at dusk

Bistro String

$24per ft of hang path + $495 system

Full-color S14 bistro bulbs over patios, pergolas and walkways. Lights and clips, priced per foot of hang path.

Two-story home with warm-white pebble lights in a white channel along the garage eave and gable

Pebble Track

$32per ft, controller included

Standard pebbles in channel with covers. The everyday roofline install and our most-quoted package.

Questions

Do the bulbs break?
The S14 shell is a durable polymer, not glass, and each bulb is only 0.3 watts, so they run cool.
Can I dim them?
Yes, from 1 to 100 percent per zone in the app.
How is the hang path measured?
Along the string, including the sag between attachment points, not the patio's footprint. We measure it at the visit.

Get the exact number

A free 20-minute measure, a written quote by package, price locked for 30 days. Book by Oct 31 for a pre-Thanksgiving install.

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Price it before you call

Pick a package, set your roofline feet, read the range. The free measure makes it exact, and if the measure comes in under your estimate you pay the lower number.

Track packages from $32 per foot with the controller included · $2,500 minimum on permanent, $1,000 on seasonal · the full price list · financing

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What will permanent lighting cost on my house?

Pick a package, set your roofline feet, see the range and the monthly figure. Exact price follows a free measure.

Ranch front + garage ≈ 120–160 ft · Two-story with gables ≈ 200–260 ft · Full wrap ≈ 300+ ft
How to measure your roofline in Google Maps
  1. Open Google Maps, search your address, switch to satellite view.
  2. Right-click on a roof corner and choose Measure distance.
  3. Click each corner along the roof edges you want lit. The total in feet shows at the bottom.
  4. Add about 15% for gables you can't see from above. That is your number.
$4,400 – $5,200estimated range
Pebble Track · $32 per ft · control system included · 150 ft
≈ $413/mofinancing example, 12 months
half a daytypical install, app setup included
Book by Oct 31 for a pre-Thanksgiving install. Minimum $2,500. Exact price needs a measure; call to lock this number.
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