Putting Up Christmas Lights Without Gutters

Here s a few tips on how to hang christmas lights on your home.

Putting up christmas lights without gutters.

Hang the lights pointing up or down just make sure they re all clipped in the same direction. The roof is one of the most popular locations to hang christmas lights and often the first project in any outdoor christmas display. Christmas lights can be tough to manage when you re going up high one viewer named taryn says. To position the lights slide a bulb into the hole to hold it in place.

Continue on to the branches then wrap back down into the empty spaces. Fans of the movie christmas vacation will recall clark griswold putting up his lights with his trusty staple gun. Putting up your lights without having to use a ladder could make holiday decorating a breeze. Attach lights to shutters or shingles to attach lights to your gutters use an all purpose light clip.

The size of the hole on the tab will normally be large enough to accommodate either c7 or c9 bulbs which are the 2 most common types of christmas lights. Tips for hanging christmas lights to avoid roof damage don t put holes in your roof. How to put up christmas lights outside. The soffit there isn t perforated so i can t hang them through it either.

Read the full article at. Consumer product safety commission. If you don t have gutters you can use the same clip to attach lights to your shingles instead. That will give you the desired 3 inch spacing.

It works with any type of light. I bought gutter clips so i wouldn t have to permanently install anything but i just realized that i don t have gutters along a pitched portion of my roof. I finally got around to hanging christmas lights this year. Slide the prongs under a shingle and leave the side with the whole sticking up into the air.

Ready to make your home merry and bright this season. First wind the lights up the tree leaving about 6 inches between each pass. Time to deck the halls walls mantles and trees and best of all hang up the christmas lights. To make sure your lights hang just right and hold tight across your gutters shingles and peaks this holiday season it helps to begin with a plan.