How To Secure Outside Xmas Lights

Determine what tools and hooks you need to hang the Christmas lights.

How to secure outside xmas lights. Firstly check the lights are suitable for outdoor use and then locate your nearest power supply if the distance from plug to socket is longer than the length of your lead wire make sure you buy an extension lead and a weatherproof extension lead enclosure if. Rain has been a problem ever since. Christmas lights were strictly indoor decorations until 1904 in San Diego 1909 in Appleton Wisconsin and 1912 in New York City.

Using the hot glue gun place a small blob of glue where you want it on your wall and hold a section of string lights in place against it for at least 10 seconds before repeating all the way along. Posted by Steven Whitaker on December 16 2011 at 1208pm Hi Guys I have been asked by a customer to put up an 8 real tree outside their house and decorate it with lights. Ensure that the extension lead is weatherproof and safe to leave outdoors.

Avoid securing your Christmas lights with nails and staples because they increase the likelihood of ruining the wires. Clipper hooks for outdoor Christmas lights are a brilliant way to keep them secure over the holidays. If you have white woodwork a string of Christmas lights with green wire will stand out and be less subtle than a string with white wire.

You can easily connect your lights through the stake. McAdenville NC claims to have been the first in 1956. Begin moving the light strands onto the open ends of the screw hooks.

Continue on to the branches then wrap back down into the empty spaces. Light hooks are often sold in bulk in large boxes of 50-100 at hardware stores or online. Check online at holiday light retailers or in big box stores for Christmas lights that fit your budget and needs.

The strands may not be well-secured in some areas. The stake can plug directly into your outside outlet or through the multi-outlet extension cord. I store all my cords in a bin in my garage marked Christmas Extension Cords A great way to connect net lights in your garden is to use a multi outlet stake.