Cochrane Christmas
Light Removal

Takedown runs from early January through to early February, and if the weather turns we move your date and tell you rather than leaving you watching the driveway. We work scheduled routes, one neighbourhood at a time, so Cochrane and Calgary Christmas light installation each get worked in a pass rather than criss-crossed. A deep cold snap or a fresh dump of snow makes strands brittle and rooflines genuinely unsafe, and forcing a takedown through that is how clips snap and shingles tear. Routes have slack built in for exactly this, so a weather day rarely pushes anything by more than a few days.

No, Bright West only takes down Christmas lights we installed ourselves. Every installer uses different strands, clips and fixings, and our crew works fastest and most carefully on the system they put up, so we do not remove displays hung by another company or put up yourself. If you would like next season handled properly, a Bright West install includes January takedown and storage in the same price. The same applies to commercial Christmas light removal on storefronts, dealerships and managed properties.

Yes, takedown is included when Bright West installs your lights, and it is already paid for as part of the install price. Every residential Christmas light installation price covers the design, the lights, the install, mid-season fixes, January takedown and off-season storage. You do not need to book removal, chase us for a date, or expect a second invoice in the new year. You are on the route already.

No, you do not need to be home when we remove the lights, because all of the work happens outside and there is no reason to book a day off or wait around. We just need clear access to the driveway and side gate. We confirm your removal window by phone or email beforehand, and let you know once the crew has finished and cleared the property.

A properly done takedown should not damage shingles or eavestroughs, and every clip comes down with the strand it is holding rather than being left on the roofline. Everything is fixed with purpose-made clips rather than staples, nails or screws, and each clip is released by hand rather than pulled off with the strand. That matters most in January, when shingles are cold and brittle and a yanked strand is exactly how a tab tears. Clips left up all year are the part cheaper removal jobs skip, and they mean brittle plastic baking in the sun all summer and a fastener trapping meltwater under the shingle edge. The Bright West crew are Red Seal roofers through our partner company Sure West Roofing, so they know precisely where a careless removal causes a leak.

Every run is coiled, not crammed, then labelled by property and section so it goes straight back to the same roofline next November. For residential Christmas light installation customers, storage is free and the strands live at our shop rather than in your garage, ready for the same crew to put back up.

Christmas light removal costs nothing extra, because January takedown is already covered by the install price and Bright West only takes down displays it installed. The install price itself depends on how much linear footage is lit, the height and pitch of the roofline, and how much of the display sits in trees or on the ground. You get one fixed written price for the whole season before anything goes up, never a day-rate that grows while the crew is on site. The contact page sets out what a Christmas light installation quote covers.

Taking the lights down yourself is possible, but January in Alberta is the worst possible month to be on a ladder. Feet are on icy ground, the roofline is under snow, hands are cold enough to be clumsy, and the fall is onto frozen turf. A takedown is also the moment most damage happens to a display, because cold strands and cold clips snap. That is why takedown comes with every Bright West install, carried out by crews who are insured, WCB covered, work in harnesses and do this every day of the winter.

Yes, Bright West handles commercial Christmas light removal for every commercial display we install, and storefronts, dealerships, managed properties and multi-site portfolios are all on the takedown schedule, with removal built into every commercial agreement rather than quoted again in the new year. Work is scheduled around your trading hours, one point of contact covers every site, and invoicing is consolidated. Ground-level display pieces, wreaths and lit garland come in with the roofline runs.

Yes, you can book next season while we are taking this year’s display down, and it is the easiest time to do it. The crew is already on your property with your measurements on file, so confirming next season takes minutes rather than another site visit, and any changes to the design can be quoted there and then. Returning customers get first look at the calendar before booking opens properly in late summer. You can see the kind of Christmas light displays we build in our gallery.