How To Attach Christmas Lights Outside

It works with any type of light.

How to attach christmas lights outside.

You can find both at amazon or at most home improvement centers. Start at the power source and follow the fasteners to the end of the project. Attach lights to shutters or shingles to attach lights to your gutters use an all purpose light clip. And regardless of your strategy or long term goals following a few expert tips will help you.

This effect works especially well with light strands of one color. If this is your first time keep it simple. 6 attach the lights to the trim. Use plastic clips for the gutters.

First wind the lights up the tree leaving about 6 inches between each pass. Hang the lights pointing up or down just make sure they re all clipped in the same direction. For attaching lights to window trim and similar vertical surfaces use rope light clips or adhesive or nail on plastic string light clips. Continue on to the branches then wrap back down into the empty spaces.

If you don t have gutters you can use the same clip to attach lights to your shingles instead. Then wrap the lights back down to the bottom of the trunk passing through the middle of the space between the strands. Hang one string then plug in the next string end to end. Let s wrap wrapping lights around the branches in tight close loops gives a tree a full glow when lit.

Use an extension cord to run the lights to the tree and then wrap the lights around the tree trunk up until you reach the first branch leaving 6 inches 15 cm of space in between the strands of lights.