Christmas Light Installation Business | Christmas Light Contractors

[@castilloadan80]

Use all halo clips and no need to count anything out. Just bulb and clip. Halo clips rotate from gutter to shingle with ease.

[@MrGreenvision]

Thank you so much for taking the time to post this video. It was very educational and scary watching you on those ladders. I have never seen someone carry a ladder on another ladder to the roof of the house.....LOL

[@nick_o_glass]

Haha you bet man!

[@WolfManJammer]

I was doing female ends on all lights and male ends on all runners. Is this bad practice? I found it easier to run and keep track of and also made adding additional lights down the road to be easier.

[@jamesstrange61]

Thank you brother...first year doing any lights , most people sell a course or something, appreciate the video

[@nick_o_glass]

I have one too

[@ItsMeAdamC]

Another excellent video Nick ! Thanks for taking the time to show us this. Very in depth - Adam

[@nick_o_glass]

You bet! Thank you Adam!

[@adamgranados5952]

Great video! Thank you!! I’ve got everything I need, to do the whole perimeter of my house as well as the ridges. Do you recommend that I do the perimeter and gables first and then add inline females to run up for the ridges? I have a 500 socket cord, so I know I’ll have to use at least two outlets..I’m just not quite sure where to start... I’d even be willing to pay you for a 10 minute consultation call for advice. Any advice is helpful! Thanks in advance!

[@nick_o_glass]

Yep do it just like that! And 500 bulbs is only one outlet

[@BobCleansWindows]

For measuring gables, why don't you multiply your height and width measurement, then divide by 2? This should give you your entire length of the gable.

[@davidhannon234]

Great videos Nick. Quick question. Its my first year in the Christmas light business. How do you hire and train people and retain them for the next year with it being such a short season to expand # of houses beyond a 1 man crew? I do not have a complimentary seasonal business.

[@nick_o_glass]

Pay them really well so they want to come back next year!

[@TechWithAndrew]

Do you need like permission from the distributers to resell there products/use there products in your builds. Ex: If I were to buy a strand wire and lights from a company.

[@nick_o_glass]

Nope. Buy away letsgetlitsupply.com

[@drake23hector]

What if a house doesn’t want the lights the next year?

[@nick_o_glass]

Recycle baby

[@mattdavis6312]

Great video! Do you usually do all LED lights these days??

[@nick_o_glass]

100%

[@bradvuong]

Why do professional light installers like to install lights pointing out or pointing up versus pointing down? Is there a specific reason for this?

[@nick_o_glass]

The clips are designed that way AND the bulb is brightest at the top aka pointing out. There is guys that point them down tho just not a large portion

[@xavierguzman4812]

So how are you quoting the price for the client before the install??

[@nick_o_glass]

Measure via google earth! I have a video on that

[@DelawareDiamondDumpsters]

do you re do your insurance policy for doing this every year or just run on the same GL policy as the jump off?

[@nick_o_glass]

Have to have a separate policy for your separate LLC. Inflatables are way too risky to lump in with another business man

[@coueyjames]

I have a 24ft double wet and dry slide I'm letting it go fir 2000. It's a 7,000. Dollar slide and if your nit interested do you know any one that might be

[@nick_o_glass]

No sorry

[@ews-texas5258]

I couldn’t see the “binder clips” what is that?

[@nick_o_glass]

www.google.com/search?q=binder+clips&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari

[@catdaddywilson011]

Hey Nick thinking about getting into the Light business hopefully this up coming season 🙏🏾 I Don't want to over buy but I Don't wanna under buy when it comes to stocking up..plugs.lights. clips ect.. looking back when u first started was there anything you wish you bought more or less of ?

[@nick_o_glass]

Buy more of everything if you plan on going hard! I was playing catch-up my whole first season and it was expensive and stressful! Planned for about 40 homes, goal was 60, we did 110!!

[@jaredbratton9552]

Great video, where do you buy your lines and lights from?

[@landenkeller8218]

he named a couple suppliers in the video..

[@nick_o_glass]

Https://www.christmaslightcontractorsusa.com/?ref=pi14paeo32 higher here my friend!!

[@jesseboyden3119]

What timers do you prefer?

[@nick_o_glass]

I e gone back and forth from mechanical to photocell. I don’t have a preference really I just want it to work lol

[@jesseboyden3119]

@nick_o_glass you should do a little 3 min video on timers. There's not alot of videos/ info out there on them.

[@616BlackJack]

Great job. Very helpful

[@Bacongood4u]

Is that spt 1 zip cord you use? Is this better than regular extension cord?

[@nick_o_glass]

Yep spt 1! It’s not better or worse than an extension just easier cause the wire is so thin. Spt 1 and 2 are both 18 gauge wire, spt 2 just has thicker insulation. Most extension cords are 16 gauge and groused (but no Xmas lights have a ground so that’s irrelevant)

[@Bacongood4u]

@@nick_o_glass do you run all your lights out of a single electrical outlet?

[@nick_o_glass]

@@Bacongood4u yep out of the 110 houses we did this season only 1 had multiple timers. Had 3 homes that were over 500 bulbs

[@Bacongood4u]

@@nick_o_glass thanks seems like a great business

[@bakar2134]

so good

[@alexbernal7288]

How much do you charge? Do you go by Profit margin or ??

[@nick_o_glass]

Base price $7/ft

[@RobertSmith-xy5rp]

where do you source materials? manufacturers or is there an online source?

[@landenkeller8218]

multiple suppliers are named in the video

[@nick_o_glass]

Https://www.christmaslightcontractorsusa.com/?ref=pi14paeo32

[@Gamer-panda634]

Where do you get the bouncy house

[@nick_o_glass]

That’s a pretty vague question my friend BUT most my units come from spacewalksales.com, ezinflatables.com and HEC-worldwide.com

[@landenkeller8218]

opinion on novelty lights?

[@nick_o_glass]

Like for other holidays beside Xmas? Love!

[@landenkeller8218]

@@nick_o_glass i meant novelty lights as in the website lol. any opinion on them as a supplier?

[@nick_o_glass]

@@landenkeller8218 oh! No opinion BUT use who I use www.christmaslightcontractorsusa.com/?ref=pi14paeo32

[@616BlackJack]

Is there a reason you use 15” spacing and not 6 or 12”?

[@nick_o_glass]

Yep a few reasons! 1. It looks better. These lights are SO MUCH brighter than store bought lights that you don’t need as many, and when you do run the closer spacing it gets busy FAST. 2. It provides a better profit margin cause I’m using less bulbs and clips. We offer 12” if they want it, we charge more for it

[@616BlackJack]

@@nick_o_glass thanks

[@angelomaurizio1668]

For my house I went with the 12" because it was very easy to calculate, and I hate math. So, if your roofline is 30 ft (30 bulbs) Far as 15" I would have to figure that out or maybe just round up. But if you want to go Griswold-like you could go with the 6" spacing, its just for that 30 ft , you would have to double up on bulbs. I'd think 18" or 24" spacing would look good too but they maybe more ideal for stake lighting.

[@NYBwilk]

Hun:” See that” Me: no ur a mile away 😂

[@nick_o_glass]

😂

[@bizsidehustles]

Bruh - sum it up - just make it short and to the point

[@nick_o_glass]

Nah. Long videos are my thing bro.