How To Secure Christmas Lights On Tiled Roof

From one of our customers who has a fantastic clay roof.

How to secure christmas lights on tiled roof.

Don t overload your roof. And they have small holes for placing the christmas lights. There are a few ways to hang christmas lights without a ladder. To use these poles you attach the clip to the lights then place the clip in the pole s grip.

The light clips to one end and the other end clips to a roof tile. So the best thing to do is to stay off the roof and put up lights from a ladder. Use plastic clips to secure decorations like christmas lights to the eaves of your roof instead of staples. Then you simply extend the arm and hook the clip over the gutter.

The first is a simple solution a light hanging pole. In the case of a light up plastic santa or rudolph you can secure it with sandbags or a bungee cord. We have clay shingles with no gutters. Light clips designed to hold the light strands on shingles gutters or fascia board hold the lights safely in place without damaging the home.

Lights can be attached to slate flat or barrel style roof tiles using a tile roof clip. Just be mindful that you re not pulling up shingles or causing unnecessary stress on your roof. How to attach christmas lights to the roof december 2016 ahoy what i do is make up some light gauge wire hooks long enough to tuck under your tiles and then wrap the wire around the light cable. Here are some photos of our application.

Shingle tabs are designed to accommodate the two most popular sizes of christmas light bulbs c7 and c9. Created on december 13 2011 using flipshare. Be careful walking on your roof. Simple and quick install.

The clips worked pretty well. We will order some more lights for next season. How do i install christmas lights on tile roofs. These clips go over the wall that juts up over your flat roof.

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. Shingle clips can also sometimes be used for attaching light strings to guttering.