Clover Valley Christmas Light Installation

Houses in Clover Valley date back to 1963, early for Rocklin, lots run as large as an acre, and the front yards sit in the shade of big old trees. That adds up to the best-looking lights in town and the longest Saturday anyone ever spent on a ladder. Clover Valley Christmas light installation takes more ladder, more cord and more hours than the same work in a newer tract, which is exactly why families hand it off.

On most streets we’d talk roofline first. Here, the trees usually win. A mature trunk wrapped from the ground up, with lights followed out along the heavy lower limbs, can carry a whole front yard. We go as high as we can work safely and stop there. Ties hold everything. No nails or screws go into a tree that took decades to grow.

Shade matters after dark too. A deep canopy hides a house from the road, so we often pair a tree wrap with stake lighting to lead the eye (and your guests) up from the street to the front door. Stakes sit off the roots and away from sprinkler heads. Our tree wrapping service page has more on how the wraps are done.

The housing here spans decades, from 1963 through 2001. You’ll see 1970s stucco homes with shaded front yards and 1980s brick homes with tile roofs, sometimes on one block. Each takes a different touch.

• Roofline lights. Shingle roofs get a clip on the gutter or shingle edge. Tile gets a tile clip. Older fascia boards get looked over first, and nothing is stapled into them.
• Brick fronts. We don’t drill mortar. Lit garland and a lit wreath hang from removable hangers or tie to what’s already there.
• Pillar and column wraps. Porch posts and brick columns are wrapped tight and tied, top and bottom.

One thing to ask yourself before you call: where are your outdoor outlets? A long frontage on a large lot can be a hike from the nearest plug. Tell us what you’ve got at (916) 642-7382 and we’ll plan the cord runs and timers around it.

We found no homeowners association for Clover Valley. Listings show no association fee. So there’s no association date to wait for and none to beat in the new year. Put the lights up when the kids start asking. The one line to respect is the city’s: keep stakes, cords and decorations out of the public right-of-way along the road.

We light homes off Midas Avenue, the blocks near Clover Valley Park, and the edges that border the Sunset Whitney Recreation Area and Johnson-Springview Park. Families with kids at Valley View Elementary or Spring View Middle tend to call right after the first holiday flyer comes home in a backpack. The valley sits below the Springfield ridge, and we decorate up there as well, in Springfield at Whitney Oaks, and next door in Sunset Whitney.

Big lots are hard to describe, so pictures help. Text or email a wide shot from the road, one of each tree you care about, and one of the entry, or put them on the contact page. Or describe the place out loud by calling (916) 642-7382. We quote from that.

January brings the ladders back out. We unwind the trees, unclip the roof and take the whole lot away. You never coil a cord. If something goes dark midseason, a call to (916) 642-7382 brings us back to repair it.

How high up a tall old tree can you wrap?

As high as we can reach safely from our ladders, which usually means the trunk and the main lower limbs. On a very tall tree, that lower section is what people see from the street anyway.

Does Clover Valley have an HOA with holiday light dates?

We found none. Listings show no association fee, so timing is your choice. Just keep decorations on your lot and out of the city right-of-way.

My house is brick. How do you attach garland and wreaths?

With removable hangers and ties. We don’t drill into brick or mortar.

My lot is close to an acre. Does Clover Valley Christmas light installation mean lighting the whole frontage?

No. Most families pick the entry, one or two trees and the roofline that faces the road. Send photos and we’ll suggest where lights do the most.