(630) 769-9999
Brick is the defining challenge of hanging Christmas lights in Mount Prospect. A masonry facade offers nowhere convenient to clip, and the shallow eave overhang typical of postwar construction here leaves very little roof edge to work from. The wrong answer is drilling or adhesive; both damage the building.
Our Christmas light hanging service uses hardware matched to each surface — shingle clips along the roof edge, gutter clips on the lip, and purpose-made mounts around masonry openings that grip without penetrating anything. Nothing gets driven into brick or mortar.
Georgian and colonial elevations here have a symmetry that punishes imprecision. When a facade is deliberately balanced, the eye immediately catches a run that sits half an inch lower on one side or spaces differently across matching windows. We measure and match both halves independently rather than working across, which takes longer on install day and is the reason the finished elevation reads as intentional.
Staples pierce the wire jacket and create a moisture path directly into the strand, which is the single most common cause of a section dying in the middle of December. Nails split fascia board. Adhesive hooks fail in cold and pull finish off with them.
All-clip mounting means that when the display comes down in January, the house is exactly as we found it. Read our guidance on hanging lights safely for how we approach each surface type.
The old parkway trees that make Mount Prospect’s streets attractive also block ladder positions along a lot of front elevations. That is a lift problem rather than a longer-ladder problem, and pretending otherwise is how people get hurt.
We scope access during the consultation so the right equipment arrives on install day. Where the canopy blocks the roofline from the street entirely, we usually recommend adding tree lighting so the display actually reads from the curb. See our approach to tree lighting.
Shallow eaves change the visual result, not just the mounting. With very little overhang, the strand sits almost flush against the facade, so any inconsistency in clip spacing is far more obvious than it would be on a house with deep eaves casting the line forward. On these rooflines we tighten spacing tolerance deliberately, because the architecture gives you nowhere to hide a sloppy run.
Falls during holiday decorating are a genuine seasonal injury pattern. Beyond safety, a professionally hung display simply looks different: even spacing, straight lines, hidden cords, and bulbs oriented consistently.
In-season repairs are included at no charge and takedown is scheduled for January. See the complete Mount Prospect installation service or our Christmas light contractors page. Get a free quote.
