You can opt for light clips with an adhesive backing that affix directly onto the front surface of your gutter.
Attach christmas lights without gutter.
Bi axial shingle tab as with original shingle tabs biaxial tabs are used to attach c7 or c9 christmas string lights to roof shingles or under roof awnings.
Wrap lights around the trunk of a tall tree to light it without a ladder.
Prior to installing them i sprayed them white to match the board so to hide them when there not being used.
Once painted the nails are barely visible in the summer.
There s also a way to hang your lights without the gutter guard or the 3 8 inch slit coming into play at all.
The resemble spring clips used to hold metal pins in place.
There are a variety of clips that let you hang christmas lights without causing damage to your roof or sides of your home.
If you have an edge on the soffet or shingles they have plastic clips that hold the wire.
What makes these clips different is their unique construction which features a flip hinge along the middle allowing for vertical or horizontal bulb orientation.
Attach christmas lights to shingles.
Then i simply place the wires over the hooks and use a few twist ties to keep the wires from coming off.
One approach is to simply attach your lights to your shingles rather than your gutters.
The roof is one of the most popular locations to hang christmas lights and often the first project in any outdoor christmas display.
There are different types of clips for different types of roofs and different types of lights.
Use an extension cord to run the lights to the tree and then wrap the lights around the tree trunk up until you reach the first branch leaving 6 inches 15 cm of space in between the strands of lights.
To make sure your lights hang just right and hold tight across your gutters shingles and peaks this holiday season it helps to begin with a plan.
Simply put the wire through the special.
By pre drilling the holes the hooks went right in.
I simply drive very tiny finishing nails the ones with slightly rounded heads every few feet and then used white wire ties to attach the light wires to the nails.
They work by clipping onto the gutters shingles or eaves of your home.
Instead use plastic clips.