What it costs in Tampa — kit prices, pulled live

These are the same numbers on my product pages, read from the store when this page was built (October 12, 2026). I'd rather you have the number before you give anyone your phone number.

Every roofline kit includes the aluminum track, RGBW strands, the pitch-matched TrueCenter Apex Track peak, a 600 W power supply, the 4-zone controller, color-matched hardware and the install guide. Roof pitch (4/12, 6/12, 9/12, 12/12) and track color are chosen at checkout.

What the whole job runs

The kit above is the material part of the job. The rest is labor, ladders, insurance, the time to measure and lay out your roofline, and somebody standing behind the work once it's on your house. Blue Bay Electric sets that number after seeing your roof, and I don't publish a range for it — its pricing is its to quote, not mine to guess at.

What the installer adds, and why I don't quote it

Labor. Blue Bay Electric measures your roofline, picks the pitch and color, mounts the track, and stands behind the work on your roof. That price depends on your house — stories, gables, access, how many peaks — and Blue Bay Electric sets it, not me. Any installed price I printed here would be a guess dressed up as a fact, so you get the half I control and the name of the person who quotes the rest.

Who installs it here

Nobody paid to be on this page. Rafael Rios is a project manager at Blue Bay Electric, an electrical contractor in Tampa, and the company is here because it has bought from me, not because it bought a spot. Its website calls it a “Licensed & Insured Electrical Contractor” and lists interior and exterior lighting installation among its electrical work; it doesn't list holiday or permanent lighting. The name, role and phone in the card below are from its own site; it is the company's main line, so if you call, ask for Rafael and say it's about the IronPeak kit.

Tampa's population is 414,575 (American Community Survey 2024 1-year estimate). Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2024 1-year (table B01003) via Census Reporter API (geo 16000US1271000), fetched October 12, 2026.

Request a quote from Blue Bay Electric

Right now your request comes to me first, and I pass it to Rafael at Blue Bay Electric myself. If you haven't heard from Rafael within 2 business days, email me at devan@ironpeaklighting.com and I'll chase it myself.

Why the peak looks right — and how it goes on a Tampa roofline

Most systems start at the gutter and work up, so spacing errors pile up at the peak — the one spot everyone looks at from the street. The TrueCenter Apex Track is a one-piece, pitch-matched peak that goes on first, so the lights center on your ridge and the run works outward symmetrically. It's patent-pending, it ships in your track color, and it goes up in under 5 minutes instead of 25-plus minutes of cutting on a ladder.

1. Measure and quote. Rafael measures the roofline, matches the track color to your fascia and soffit, and quotes labor on top of the kit price above.
2. Peak first. The Apex Track matched to your pitch — 4/12, 6/12, 9/12 or 12/12 — is fastened at the ridge with its center node dead on the apex. Under 5 minutes.
3. Track outward. 1-meter sections of 6063-T6 aluminum are screwed to the fascia both directions from the peak. Strands plug together with factory-terminated waterproof connectors — no cutting, no splicing on the roof.
4. One box, one power connection. The 600 W supply and 4-zone controller share one enclosure. The app goes on your phone and the schedule gets set for Tampa, not a factory default.

30-Day Perfect Peak Guarantee — From our product pages: “If any Apex peak doesn't sit true and symmetrical out of the box, we replace it free and cover the shipping — no hassle.”

What you control from your phone

One controller, four independent zones, an app on your phone. Christmas is Christmas, and the rest of the year the house reads as plain warm white, or off.

• Colors. RGBW nodes — red, green, blue and a true 2800K warm white — so Christmas is Christmas and the rest of the year the house reads as plain warm white, or off.
• Zones. Four independent outputs with their own node counts and animations; the front can run a scene while the back stays white.
• Schedules and scenes. Timers, presets and saved scenes over WiFi or Bluetooth. Tap once for Thanksgiving, once more for game day.
• Brightness. Dimmable. I don't publish a brightness rating; ask Rafael whether there's a lit house you can see.

Set the on-time for Tampa's own sunset, because it comes early here in December:

Tampa's sunset on December 21 is 5:40 p.m. Eastern time, and civil twilight ends at 6:04 p.m. Source: sunrise-sunset.org solar calculator (Tampa, lat 27.9506, lng -82.4572), fetched October 12, 2026.

Built for Tampa weather

Tampa's weather problem is sun and water, not snow. I don't publish a wind rating for the system, so I won't tell you what it survives in a hurricane. Here is the airport's record for the heat and the rain, and the housing the track goes onto.

In a normal year Tampa has 18.2 days at or above 90°F in June, 20.6 in July, 22.4 in August and 17.9 in September (1991-2020 normals). Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 Normals (MLY-TMAX-AVGNDS-GRTH090, station USW00012842), fetched October 12, 2026.

Tampa's normal rainfall is 7.37 inches in June, 7.75 in July, 9.03 in August and 6.09 in September, against 2.56 inches in December and 2.65 in January (1991-2020 normals). Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 Normals (MLY-PRCP-NORMAL, station USW00012842), fetched October 12, 2026.

Tampa has 194,129 housing units, 49.8% of them single-family detached; the median owner-occupied home is worth $494,400, the median home was built in 1987, and 50.0% of occupied homes are lived in by their owners (ACS 2024 1-year). Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2024 1-year (B25001, B25003, B25024, B25035, B25077) via Census Reporter API, fetched October 12, 2026.

What that means for the hardware

• Water: every LED node is encapsulated in UV-stabilized polyurethane, which flexes through freeze-thaw instead of cracking like epoxy, and every connector is factory-terminated and waterproof — zero field splices, so there is no gel-filled joint to fail in a wet December.
• Power: the whole run is low-voltage 24 V DC from one 600 W supply with multi-layer surge protection built in.
• Wind: the 6063-T6 aluminum track is screwed to the fascia, not clipped or glued, and the wire is 18 AWG UV-resistant three-conductor — heavier than the 20 AWG most systems ship.
• Sun: Tampa's long summers are the other half of the year; the UV-stabilized encapsulation and the powder-coated track are there for July as much as for December.

What it looks like in daylight

You see the track, not the lights. It sits under the roofline in 1-meter powder-coated sections and comes in four colors so it matches the fascia or soffit instead of announcing itself.

• Matte Black — dark trim.
• White — white fascia and vinyl soffit.
• Oyster White — cream and off-white trim.
• Brown — brown fascia, cedar and darker brick.

Rafael picks the color against your trim at the quote. Availability varies by color and pitch, so decide early.

When Tampa expects the lights on

Tampa has no freeze to plan around. A normal December averages 0.1 nights at or below freezing and January 0.5, so cold doesn't set your install date here.

Tampa's normal December is a 73.9°F high and 55.9°F low, and January is 71.3°F/52.8°F (1991-2020 normals at Tampa International Airport). Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals (station USW00012842, TAMPA INTL AP, FL US), fetched October 12, 2026.

Tampa averages 0.1 December nights and 0.5 January nights at or below 32°F (1991-2020 normals). Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 Normals (MLY-TMIN-AVGNDS-LSTH032, station USW00012842), fetched October 12, 2026.

So put the dates you want in the form, and Rafael will tell you what he has when he gets in touch.

What to hand your HOA

I can't tell you what your HOA allows, and nobody else online can either — your covenants govern, not me. Read them before you order, and if they require approval, get it in writing before install day.

If you do need approval, get the request in before the install date, not after. What to attach:

• The track color you're using, against a photo of your trim (the four colors are above).
• One sentence that the fixture is a low-profile aluminum track mounted under the roofline, with no exposed bulbs or wire.
• Your schedule: what hours it runs, and that outside the holidays it's warm white or off.

What it adds to your power bill

Two competitors print a monthly dollar figure with no source. Here is the arithmetic so you can check mine.

kWh per month = nodes × 0.96 W ÷ 1000 × hours per night × nights. 0.96 W is the maximum draw per node from my spec sheet; a node is one puck, spaced one per foot.

Example: a 100 ft kit carries 100 nodes. 100 × 0.96 W = 96 W. Six hours a night for a month: 0.096 kW × 180 h = 17.28 kWh. At Florida's July 2026 average residential price of 15.03 cents a kilowatt hour that is about $2.60 a month — at full white, every node, every night. Colors and dimming draw less; your actual tariff and riders may differ.

Florida homes paid an average of 15.03 cents per kilowatt hour for electricity in July 2026 (EIA). Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly Table 5.6.A, fetched October 12, 2026.

The one maintenance task

Nothing comes down in January and nothing goes in the attic. The one job left is a rinse when the season's grime washes off — from the ground, with a hose.

Start with the front, add the rest later

The controller has four independent zones. I'd start with zones 1 and 2 on the front roofline and add the gables, sides or the second story on zones 3 and 4 later — even a year later — with a 25 ft add-on ($299) or a 50 ft add-on ($499). Same power supply, same controller, nothing re-mapped. The add-on is the same track and the same nodes at the same spacing, so the join is invisible.

The warranty, word for word

From our product pages:

30-Day Perfect Peak Guarantee — “If any Apex peak doesn't sit true and symmetrical out of the box, we replace it free and cover the shipping — no hassle.”

5-Year Product Warranty — “The components — LED strands, controller, and power supply — are covered against product defects for 5 years from purchase. (Normal weather wear-and-tear isn't a defect and isn't covered.)”

First-order money-back — “Your first 100 ft kit is backed by a 30-day money-back guarantee — return the material and your refund comes back as cash.”

The refund structure — what comes back as cash and what comes back as store credit — is on the returns and guarantee page, in full, rather than paraphrased here. Labor on your roof is Blue Bay Electric's to stand behind; the product is mine.

Tampa-area towns

Blue Bay Electric hasn't published a service area for lighting, so this list is mine — towns near Tampa, by distance. St. Petersburg is across the bay.

From Tampa: Temple Terrace 7.5, Carrollwood 8.6, Riverview 9.5, Brandon 10.5, Westchase 12.4, Lutz 12.8, St. Petersburg 16.1, Plant City 21.0 miles. Source: OpenStreetMap Nominatim geocoder; great-circle distances computed from returned coordinates, fetched October 12, 2026.

• Temple TerraceTampa area — request goes to Rafael through me
• CarrollwoodTampa area — request goes to Rafael through me
• RiverviewTampa area — request goes to Rafael through me
• BrandonTampa area — request goes to Rafael through me
• WestchaseTampa area — request goes to Rafael through me
• LutzTampa area — request goes to Rafael through me
• St. PetersburgTampa area — request goes to Rafael through me
• Plant CityTampa area — request goes to Rafael through me

These towns are mine, set by straight-line distance from Tampa, not Blue Bay Electric's. It hasn't published a service area for lighting, and the page says so. Towns outside this list still route to Rafael through me when the ZIP is in Florida; he confirms coverage on the call.

Questions Tampa homeowners ask