Selma outdoor lights, bright again

Warm evenings in Selma bring out the bugs, and nearly all of them head for the porch light. Moths, beetles and gnats crawl inside the fixture and never leave, and spiders follow close behind to build webs around the housing. Rural homes out among the fields often see even more of them on summer nights. Add the dust that settles on everything during the dry months and the sprinkler spray that hits low wall lights and path lights, and the glass turns cloudy fast. Before long, a light that used to glow looks dim, yellow and full of dead insects.

Cleaning a fixture properly takes care. Where a fixture is designed to be opened safely, we remove the glass or cover, clear out the bugs, webs and debris, and clean the glass and housing inside and out. Sealed or fragile fixtures are cleaned gently from the outside. Landscape and path lights get their lenses wiped, and we pull back the soil, mulch or leaves that have crept up around them so the light isn’t blocked. Then everything goes back together, and we check that each cover and panel is seated properly. If we spot a cracked or loose fixture, we point it out.

Outdoor lights sit right beside your front door, garage and walkways, so they’re one of the first things people notice when they pull up after dark. That’s why most Selma homeowners add light cleaning to a window cleaning or house wash, so everything looks fresh at once. Businesses use it for storefront lights, sign lighting, walkway lights and building wall packs, which helps a shop look open and inviting at night. We’re open seven days, 5am to 10pm, licensed and insured, and we never charge for an estimate. If anything looks off when we’re done, we’ll come back and fix it.