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Answers about permanent outdoor lighting, installation, and what to expect from Manta Permanent Lighting in Illinois.
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The truth is simple. Good light lasts. Here is what you need to know before you decide.
Every install is backed by a 1-year installation warranty covering parts and labor, followed by a 5-year system warranty covering parts. It's built to back a system designed to last 20+ years.
Yes. Every installer is trained in-house through our own certification program before they're ever on a job site.
Year one covers both parts and labor. Years two through five cover parts.
Just give us a call. We own our building and employ our own crews here in Central Illinois, so we're not going anywhere, warranty or not.
It's automatic. Your warranty starts the moment your system is installed.
Yes. Just let us know within 60 days of the sale and we'll switch the account and warranty over to the new homeowner.
None on your end. We attach a warranty file to your job automatically at the time of installation, so when you call, we already have what we need.
Most homeowners find it pays for itself well within a few years of holiday use alone, and that's before counting everything else the system does the rest of the year. One install replaces buying, hanging, and taking down lights every single season.
On Christmas use alone, most homeowners see it pay for itself within 3 to 6 years, and the system is built to last 20+ years. Add in year-round use for game days, holidays, and everyday accent lighting, and the value only grows from there.
Yes, we offer flexible financing and you can apply in minutes.
The system runs on efficient LED lighting, so most owners don't see a meaningful jump in their bill even with regular use.
It's different for everyone. Pricing starts at $1,750, but where you land depends entirely on your project. A full house is priced differently than accent lighting, a backyard, porch lighting, or the front of the home only. We'll always give you a real number specific to your home in a free demo.
It's a fully customizable, permanent lighting system, and upgrades like this are the kind of thing many buyers notice and appreciate.
Pricing starts at $1,750. Every home is different, and not every project is a full house. Some homeowners choose accent lighting, a backyard, the front only, or porch lighting, so your final quote depends on the size and scope of what you want lit. The best way to get an accurate number is a free demo.
Our quote includes everything: materials, hardware, and installation.
Yes. Every system comes with a companion app that connects to your home's Wi-Fi through the controller box.
Yes. Once your system is connected, you can control it from anywhere, not just when you're on your home network.
Yes. Enter your home's location once and the system will turn on at sunset automatically, adjusting for the seasons without you having to touch it again.
There are over 1,000 built-in presets to start from, plus millions of color and pattern combinations if you want to build something fully custom.
Each individual light can be set to its own color or included in a custom pattern. You're never limited to one setting for the whole house.
Yes. We walk you through it during installation, and most homeowners are comfortable using it within minutes.
RGBW adds a dedicated white channel on top of red, green, and blue, which gives you a much more natural range of white and shade tones for everyday accent lighting than a standard RGB system can produce.
Yes, it integrates with all the major smart-home systems.
Yes. Brightness is adjustable independent of color, so you can dial in exactly how bright or subtle you want any scene to be.
No. Each light is individually connected, so if one goes out, we replace that one and you're back up and running.
The system is built to last 20+ years, with individual LED pucks rated for 50,000+ hours of use.
Yes. The system is UL listed and rated to hold up in the elements.
Yes. Individual lights can be replaced on their own without touching the rest of the system.
Zero regular maintenance is required. We handle anything that comes up on an as-needed basis.
Yes. The tracks are aluminum, built to live outside, and shield the lights and wiring running inside them.
They don't get hot. The system runs on low-voltage LEDs, so it's safe around kids and pets.
Not really. Every home is individually color-matched before installation, so the track blends into your soffit and fascia instead of standing out. We go to great lengths to hide the wiring too, so the system complements your home during the day instead of taking away from it.
The tracks are screwed directly into the soffit, not glued on and not attached to the roof itself.
No. In most cases we don't touch the roof at all during installation, and even in the rare case we do, it won't affect your roof warranty.
Yes. Your home is color-matched before we install, so the tracks blend in with your existing soffit.
Jobs are typically scheduled 1 to 3 weeks out. You'll get a weekly update leading up to install week, then near-daily updates once we're on-site. After installation, we walk you through the app before we leave.
You just need to be around at some point during the install so we can walk you through the app before we leave.
Yes. We take on complex rooflines and multi-story homes regularly and get creative with how we route the system.
Yes. If you know ahead of time, we can run extra wire during the original install to make adding on easier later. It's still possible without that, it just may come with some added cost.
On average, most installs take about 1 to 3 days, depending on the size of your home and the scope of the project.
One install replaces buying, hanging, and taking down lights every year. The system pays for itself within a few years of holiday use alone and keeps going for 20+ years after that.
It's a step up in almost every way. More lights, brighter output, and far more customization than a home kit offers. The tracks are also color-matched to your soffit so they disappear into your home during the day, with no visible wires. And once it's installed, upkeep is on us, not you. It's a system built to work for the next 20+ years instead of something you're replacing every couple of seasons.
No. This system isn't sold direct to consumers. You have to be a certified dealer to access it, which is part of why it holds up differently than what you'd find off the shelf.
It's one system for every occasion. Holidays, game days, security, and everyday accent lighting are all built in, not separate add-ons.
The app simple to use, even if you're not the tech-savvy type. The lighting itself is RGBW, not just RGB, which gives you a true white in addition to full color, so it can look like clean, classic architectural lighting or bold and vibrant, whatever you're going for. And because every puck is individually addressable, you get that same range in one system, from understated to fully custom, instead of being locked into one look.
A warranty only means something if the company behind it is still around to honor it. We own our building, employ our own installers, and we're in this for the long haul. We've already fielded calls from homeowners whose previous lighting company went out of business and couldn't be reached, and we've stepped in to help where we could. That's the kind of company we plan to be for you too.
Yes, and in many cases it works even better for a business than a home. Lighting draws attention and gets people in the door. We've put the system on our own building and picked up multiple jobs directly because of it, so we've seen the benefits firsthand.
Yes. The same system can be set up to reflect your brand's colors and image, day or night.
It works year-round. The same one-system, every-occasion approach that applies to homes applies to businesses too.
This varies by community and HOA, so it's worth checking your specific bylaws before installation. We're happy to answer any technical questions your HOA might have about the system.
This depends on how your specific HOA classifies exterior lighting, so we'd recommend checking with them directly.
The system stays with the house, it's a permanent, soffit-mounted install. If you sell your home, your warranty transfers to the new owner as long as we're notified within 60 days.