How To Secure Lights To Roof

Using a ladder and a pencil mark the rough placement of each light on your deck s wood overhang.

How to secure lights to roof. You should never poke a hole in your asphalt shingles or any other part of your roof no matter how small. We ll show you how you can secure christmas lights to your roof without damaging your shingles. Visualize where you want each strand to hang and adjust lights until they re in the desired position. Especially tall decorations may require additional securing with guy wire.

Securing openable rooflights that are set high above the floor level can be problematic. Further there is a lot of misinformation out there about nailing or stapling your lights to the roof. You will have gorgeous festive christmas lights up on your home or business in no time. Instead install them securely using zip ties and sandbags or by tying them to a chimney or other structure for additional support.

Light clips designed to hold the light strands on shingles gutters or fascia board hold the lights safely in place without damaging the home. Just be mindful that you re not pulling up shingles or causing unnecessary stress on your roof. A rooflight is an openable or fixed metal or timber framed window set into a sloping or flat roof for the purpose of allowing daylight into the room below. As with lights never nail or screw big decorations to your roof.

Don t overload your roof. Use plastic clips to secure decorations like christmas lights to the eaves of your roof instead of staples. The type of lock will largely depend on the material from which the light is made and its design. When hanging christmas lights on the roof line skip the old fashioned unsafe methods of using staples or nails to secure the lights in place.

Lay string lights around the perimeter of your deck. Magnetic lights and or magnetic clips are the best option for hanging your traditional christmas lights on your roof. Get new christmas lights. In the case of a light up plastic santa or rudolph you can secure it with sandbags or a bungee cord.