Standby Generator, Soft Washing and Holiday Lighting in Leonardo, NJ | Holiday Lights and Soft Washing

Leonardo, NJ · Client since February 2022

Nelson from Leonardo, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since February of 2022, and has come back twice since – once for the roofline and once for the siding.

A 19.5 kW Generac on a managed whole-house switch

Commissioned on 14 July 2022. The load calculation asked for a minimum of 15 kW under NEC Article 220 Part IV, and a Generac Guardian rated 19.5 kW on natural gas went in – 22 kW were it running on propane – behind a 200-amp managed whole-house transfer switch with two smart management modules and whole-house surge protection. The house is 2,897 square feet with a refrigerator, a dishwasher, a washer, a gas dryer and a sump pump. It sits on our top service plan: annual maintenance, extended parts-and-labor cover and remote monitoring that Green Sun runs directly, so a fault announces itself instead of being discovered during the next storm.

240 warm white C9 bulbs

December of 2024. Two hundred and forty warm white C9 bulbs along the roofline – the large traditional bulb at 2700K, which is the warm end of white and reads as light rather than as decoration. Put up by us and taken down by us after the season, which is the half of the job people forget when they buy a box of lights: the January take-down is the one involving a ladder, cold gutters and nobody volunteering.

5,542 square feet of soft washing

May of 2026. Soft washing is low pressure and a cleaning solution rather than a pressure washer, which is what lifts algae and mildew off siding without driving water in behind it. At 5,542 square feet of surface this is a substantial exterior, and the method matters more the larger the house, not less: a pressure washer does its damage quietly, behind the siding, where nobody finds it until the following winter.

Same roofline, same ladders

The lighting and the soft washing are the same crew’s problem from the same positions. Both are work at height along the eaves and the gutter line, both need the access figured out before anyone starts, and both go badly when they are done by somebody meeting the house for the first time. Having run lights along this roofline in 2024, the crew that arrived to wash it in 2026 already knew its access, its gutter runs and its awkward corners – which counts for more on a 5,542 square foot exterior than on a small one.

Why Nelson chose Green Sun Energy Services

A professionally designed holiday display without climbing a single ladder.

Clean the cause, not just the surface, without blasting your home with unnecessary pressure.

Complete backup power, from sizing and installation to the service that keeps it ready.

What makes Green Sun Energy Services different

• Holiday lighting: custom-designed displays with LED lights, installed, looked after through the season, then taken down and stored in labeled containers. On this home: a holiday lighting display.
• Soft washing: cleaned by a team trained in soft washing, using the right cleaning solution and low pressure for each surface. Fully licensed and insured. On this home: a soft wash of 5,542 sq ft.
• Standby generators: installed and serviced as a Generac Authorized Sales and Service Dealer, by factory-authorized Generac technicians. On this home: a Generac 7042-2 standby generator (22 kW LP / 19.5 kW NG) running on natural gas, on a 200-amp transfer switch (managed whole house) and serviced by Green Sun Energy Services.
• Warranty: backed by a 5-year generator workmanship warranty.
• Local: locally owned and operated in New Jersey since 2010, NJHIC licensed (#13VH06229000), with 20 completed holiday lighting projects, 41 completed soft wash projects and 444 completed standby generator projects across Monmouth County and 21 holiday lighting projects, 46 soft wash projects and 621 standby generator projects throughout New Jersey.

Our work in Leonardo

Green Sun Energy Services has completed 1 holiday lighting display, 1 soft wash, 6 standby generator installations and 10 generator service customers in Leonardo. Leonardo, a community in Middletown Township, on Sandy Hook Bay, is served by JCP&L.

Thinking about a standby generator, a soft wash, or holiday lighting for your Leonardo home? Tell us about your project here or call 732-410-7818.

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Questions from Leonardo homeowners

Holiday lightingCan lights be installed on stucco?

Potentially, but stucco requires particular care because puncturing or damaging the exterior finish can cause cosmetic or moisture problems. The installer should use an appropriate attachment strategy.

Holiday lightingCan arborvitae be wrapped with Christmas lights?

Yes. Arborvitae are particularly well suited to mini light wrapping because of their tall, dense shape. The amount of lighting required depends heavily on height, width, the density level chosen and the brightness you want.

Holiday lightingCan Christmas light plugs sit on the ground?

Installers should minimize situations where electrical connections rest in wet soil, mulch, snow or standing water. Connections should be arranged according to the equipment instructions and appropriate outdoor use practices.

Standby generatorHow can a whole house be carried on a smaller electrical service?

Through load management. One or more large loads are controlled so they do not start at the same moment, or shut down briefly if generator demand climbs too high. That is what allows whole-house coverage where the raw sum of every connected load would otherwise exceed the machine.

Standby generatorDoes a generator in Leonardo have to sit twelve inches above the flood elevation?

That figure should not be treated as a universal rule without looking at the actual property. The required elevation can depend on the flood-zone designation, the municipal freeboard, the Design Flood Elevation, Coastal A or V Zone conditions, NJDEP requirements and the applicable building-code provisions. Each flood-zone installation is worked out individually.

Soft washingWhy is one side of the house greener than the others?

The side that gets least direct sun stays damp longest, and damp is what biological growth needs. Trees, shrubs and neighboring buildings make the effect stronger. It is not a sign that one wall was built differently; it is a sign that one wall dries more slowly than the rest.

Soft washingWhy are surfactants used in soft washing?

Surfactants help the cleaning solution wet and cling to surfaces rather than immediately running off. They can improve contact between the treatment and biological contamination. The product must still be compatible with the material being cleaned.