Instead of using nails and screws to attach christmas lights to shingles head to your local department or home improvement store and look for clips that attach lights to shingles.
How to put christmas lights on a shingled roof.
Connect multiple strands of lights so you don t run out while you re 20 feet in.
The first is a simple solution a light hanging pole.
The do s and don ts.
This will ensure that your lights hang straight.
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The spirit of the holidays sweeps us away and sometimes we find ourselves tangled in a mess of christmas lights fighting with plastic santas and standing frozen on wobbly ladders in an attempt to climb the roof not unlike clark.
To use these poles you attach the clip to the lights then place the clip in the pole s grip.
Then you simply extend the arm and hook the clip over the gutter.
If you have lights already take a photo of the box and record the size of the lights.
Simple hooks are the easiest clips to use for those wondering how to secure decorations on the roof.
Then place the clip over the edge of the gutter.
Place one light bulb into each shingle tab making sure that every bulb has its own tab.
There are a few ways to hang christmas lights without a ladder.
Simply place the line of lights into these hooks.
It s the most wonderful time of the year.