How To Put Christmas Lights On Roof Shingles

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How to put christmas lights on roof shingles.

Only add more clips or another string when. Tips for hanging christmas lights to avoid roof damage don t put holes in your roof. Even worse the staples can rub against the plastic coating on your christmas lights exposing the wiring and causing a fire and electrocution hazard. We receive the question regularly about installing christmas lights under both under shingles and on gutters.

Run an extension cord from your light strand down the side of your home. Run the cord along the edge of your roof or down the side of your home to the nearest outside outlet. This will ensure that your lights hang straight. Shingle tabs offer two different hole sizes with a larger hole for c9 lights and a smaller hole for c7 lights.

Place the ladder directly in front of the area where you want to start working and make sure it s steady. Always have an assistant with you while hanging lights trust us you ll need one. I use the omni multi clip to hang the lights under the shingle. When you ve finished running lights across the peak of your roof plug the end of the last strand into an outdoor extension cord.

Another risk is that of fire and of course there is also the risk of a fall or of electrocution to the one installing the lights. Place one light bulb into each shingle tab making sure that every bulb has its own tab. Locate the power outlet attach your extension cords and start from whichever part of the roof is closest to. Along the edges of the shingles.

Here is a photo of our all in one clip plus installed at the shingle edge. How to install christmas lights on a shingle roof this video will show you how to hang c9 leds christmas lights on shingles. Fans of the movie christmas vacation will recall clark griswold putting up his lights with his trusty staple gun. Seriously we ve seen real damage done to homes because someone hung christmas lights on their roof using nails or staples.

The main danger is to put holes in your roof that may later cause a leak or at least expose your roof decking to mold mildew and water damage. Before you get on the. Good news all of the clips in our all in one series multi application and all application clips can be used. Place the ladder directly in front of the area where you want to start working and make sure it s steady.

Rather than installing christmas lights from the roof use a ladder.