How To Safely Put Christmas Lights Up On Roof

The best way to hang holiday lights is by stringing them through plastic clips attached to your shingles gutters and eaves.

How to safely put christmas lights up on roof. To use these poles you attach the clip to the lights then place the clip in the pole s grip. Seal each connection and loose end with duct tape or electrical tape. In general it s better to attach these clips to gutters and eaves rather than shingles but if you must attach to shingles buy the appropriate clip type and carefully follow all manufacturer s instructions. One idea is to use a vertical lifeline.

There are a few ways to hang christmas lights without a ladder. The first is a simple solution a light hanging pole. If you don t have a heavy duty beam to attach to you still have options for fall protection. Do this safely on the ground so there s less to do while you re up the ladder.

Attach the light clips to your christmas lights. Parrot clips for stucco. The one we have linked here is fairly complex but the basic idea is to heave a line over the house. Also there are specialized clips for hanging lights along the peak of your roof.

Then you simply extend the arm and hook the clip over the gutter.