What it costs in Wilmington — kit prices, pulled live

These are the same numbers on my product pages, read from the store when this page was built (October 11, 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. Brooks sets that number after seeing your roof, and I don't publish a range for it — his pricing is his to quote, not mine to guess at.

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

Labor. Brooks 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 he 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. Brooks co-owns Valiant Xteriors, a roofing and siding company. His website gives a Whiteville address, and his Google Business Profile gives a Wilmington one. He's here because he bought the track, not because he bought a spot. His website lists roofing, siding, gutters, windows, doors and decks; lighting isn't listed on it. The town and the service-area quote in his card below are from his own site.

Wilmington has 67,186 housing units, 51.7% of them single-family detached; 47.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied, and the median home was built in 1990 (ACS 2024 1-year). Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2024 1-year (B25001, B25003, B25024, B25035) via Census Reporter API (geo 16000US3774440 = Wilmington city, NC), fetched October 11, 2026.

Request a quote from Valiant Xteriors

Right now your request comes to me first, and I pass it to Brooks at Valiant Xteriors myself. If you haven't heard from Brooks 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 Wilmington 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. Brooks 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 Wilmington, 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 Brooks whether there's a lit house you can see.

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

Wilmington's sun sets at 5:02 p.m. on December 1, 2026 and 5:06 p.m. on December 21; civil twilight ends at 5:29 and 5:34 p.m. Source: U.S. Naval Observatory Astronomical Applications API (rise/set/transit), coordinates 34.2257,-77.9447; the December 1 query is the same URL with date=2026-12-01, fetched October 11, 2026.

Built for Wilmington weather

Wilmington's winter is mild; the weather problem here is wind and water. 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 record.

Wilmington's normal year brings 60.15 inches of precipitation and 0.9 inches of snow (1991-2020 normals at Wilmington International Airport). Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals (annual/seasonal, station USW00013748, WILMINGTON INTL AP, NC US), fetched October 11, 2026.

Hurricane Florence came ashore near Wrightsville Beach on September 14, 2018, gusting to 105 mph at Wilmington International Airport and dropping 23.02 inches of rain there; the National Weather Service says gusts of 75 to 105 mph caused widespread damage to roofs, trees, and power lines in the Wilmington area. Source: National Weather Service Wilmington NC — Top 20 Storms in Wilmington, North Carolina's History (Storm #4: 2018 Hurricane Florence), fetched October 11, 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: Wilmington'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.

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

When Wilmington expects the lights on

The season here has a soft edge. A normal December averages 9.2 freezing nights and January 12.6, so the weather leaves room on the calendar.

Wilmington's normal December is a 60.3°F high and 39.1°F low, and January is 57.2°F/36.3°F, with 9.2 December and 12.6 January nights at or below 32°F (1991-2020 normals at Wilmington International Airport). Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals (station USW00013748, WILMINGTON INTL AP, NC US), fetched October 11, 2026.

So put the dates you want in the form, and Brooks 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. One Wilmington rule is worth knowing before you book: if your house is in one of the city's local historic districts, the city requires a certificate of appropriateness for exterior alterations. Ask the Historic Preservation office whether track on your fascia counts.

Wilmington requires a certificate of appropriateness for exterior alterations to properties in the city's local historic districts and historic overlays; minor work can be approved administratively by the historic preservation planner. Source: City of Wilmington, NC — Historic Preservation: Certificate of Appropriateness-Minor Works, fetched October 11, 2026.

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 North Carolina's July 2026 average residential price of 15.16 cents a kilowatt hour that is about $2.62 a month — at full white, every node, every night. Colors and dimming draw less; your actual tariff and riders may differ.

North Carolina homes paid an average of 15.16 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 11, 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 Valiant Xteriors' to stand behind; the product is mine.

Wilmington-area towns

Brooks publishes his area as a range for roofing and siding — “Jacksonville to Sunset Beach... and everything in between” — not as a town list, and he hasn't published a lighting area. The two towns he names are marked as his words. The rest are New Hanover and Brunswick County towns that sit between them, from the counties' own lists, and they are mine, not his.

From Wilmington, in straight-line miles: Leland 3.2, Wrightsville Beach 8.9, Carolina Beach 14.2, Kure Beach 16.6, Southport 22.1, Shallotte 30.9, Sunset Beach 40.5, Whiteville 43.5 and Jacksonville 46.2. Source: OpenStreetMap Nominatim geocoder (one query per town, 'Town, North Carolina, USA'); great-circle distances computed from the returned coordinates, fetched October 11, 2026.

• Jacksonville, NCNamed in the installer's published service area
• Sunset BeachNamed in the installer's published service area
• LelandNew Hanover and Brunswick counties — request goes to Brooks through me
• Wrightsville BeachNew Hanover and Brunswick counties — request goes to Brooks through me
• Carolina BeachNew Hanover and Brunswick counties — request goes to Brooks through me
• Kure BeachNew Hanover and Brunswick counties — request goes to Brooks through me
• SouthportNew Hanover and Brunswick counties — request goes to Brooks through me
• ShallotteNew Hanover and Brunswick counties — request goes to Brooks through me

Jacksonville and Sunset Beach are the two towns Brooks names on his own site, for roofing and siding. The others are New Hanover and Brunswick County municipalities between them, from the counties' own lists. He hasn't published a lighting area, and the page says so. Towns outside this list still route to Brooks through me when the ZIP is in southeastern and coastal North Carolina; he confirms coverage on the call.

Questions Wilmington homeowners ask