Every winter we hear about a Denver Metro homeowner who had a close call on a roof or ladder during a lighting install. Here is the honest case for professional installation.
Every Colorado winter, emergency rooms see homeowners who fell off a roof or ladder while putting up lights. Denver Lighting Partners would like that number to be zero.
What Colorado Cold Does to Your Body
Subzero wind chill temperatures kill manual dexterity quickly. Gloves help but they make ladder grip slippery. Cold air constricts blood flow and slows reaction time in ways most people do not notice until it is too late.
What Colorado Weather Does to Your Roof
Asphalt shingles get hard and brittle in cold weather. Standing on the edge of a roof with icy patches from Colorado's frequent melt-and-refreeze cycles is not just uncomfortable -- it is legitimately dangerous.
What Freeze-Thaw Does to Ladders
Ladder grip pads lose traction on slick surfaces. Colorado afternoons can melt surface ice that refreezes overnight, leaving deceptively slick ground conditions that are harder to read than solid ice.
The Actual Numbers
The Consumer Product Safety Commission tracks more than 200,000 ladder injuries in the US every year. Holiday lighting installs are a leading cause of fall injuries in the November to February window. Many of those injuries are concussions, fractures, and spinal injuries with multi-month recovery.
The Denver Lighting Partners Promise
Nobody in Highlands Ranch, Centennial, Cherry Creek, or anywhere in the Denver Metro should be standing on a cold roof for a string of lights. We have the trained crews, the proper equipment, and the insurance to handle it safely.
If you have already installed your own lights and something fails mid-season, do not climb the ladder. Call us and we will come fix it. The cost of one service call is dramatically less than the cost of one ER visit.