How To Secure Christmas Lights On Tiled Roof

These clips go over the wall that juts up over your flat roof.

How to secure christmas lights on tiled 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. Just be mindful that you re not pulling up shingles or causing unnecessary stress on your roof. From one of our customers who has a fantastic clay roof. So the best thing to do is to stay off the roof and put up lights from a ladder.

Shingle clips can also sometimes be used for attaching light strings to guttering. The light clips to one end and the other end clips to a roof tile. Simple and quick install. Here are some photos of our application.

Lights can be attached to slate flat or barrel style roof tiles using a tile roof clip. We will order some more lights for next season. 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. In the case of a light up plastic santa or rudolph you can secure it with sandbags or a bungee cord.

Don t overload your roof. Use plastic clips to secure decorations like christmas lights to the eaves of your roof instead of staples. Shingle tabs are designed to accommodate the two most popular sizes of christmas light bulbs c7 and c9. Be careful walking on your roof.

The first is a simple solution a light hanging pole. We have clay shingles with no gutters. Then you simply extend the arm and hook the clip over the gutter. Purchase clips designed to fit the size of lights in your light strands or opt for all in one universal clips designed to hold many light types in a variety of applications.

To use these poles you attach the clip to the lights then place the clip in the pole s grip. To increase the lifespan of your roof you should minimize how much you walk over it. The clips worked pretty well. Light clips designed to hold the light strands on shingles gutters or fascia board hold the lights safely in place without damaging the home.

There are a few ways to hang christmas lights without a ladder. And they have small holes for placing the christmas lights.