While decorating your home for Christmas or other holidays each year can be an exciting tradition, it’s important to consider the potential risks involved. From Pittsabana, we give you the best tips on how to go about installing decorative lights without taking risks or damaging your ceiling.
Where to install your ceiling lights?
The ceiling is part of a very important decorative element at Christmas and other holidays of the year in your home, which is why knowing the right places to place your lights is basic to follow these instructions. Among the best places on the roof to install the lights we have the gutters and tiles. In the market we can get a wide variety of lights that are perfectly suited for any of these places. Now that you know where to install the lights on your roof you can start looking for the types of lights that would look best in your home. We also recommend if you have the gutters to install the icicle-style Christmas lights that give a unique style to highlight your home.
Tips for installing lights on your ceiling
Here are the best tips to make the installation of your ceiling lights a success.
Test your lights and wires before you start
It is incredible how many people forget to test the lights before hanging them, that’s why it is a very important previous step for the success of your installation. You must consider that the labels of the lights have a certificate of outdoor use in addition to the circuits and switches must have ground fault (GFCI).
You must be meticulous in the revision of the lights (if they are of the previous year) in search of broken plugs, frayed cables or loose connections, if you find these faults it is suggested to discard them.
Do not use nails or staples.
Using nails, staples or screws sounds very tempting to install holiday lights on your ceiling, however their use can significantly affect the health of your ceiling. Their use puts pressure on the roofing materials (shingles, gutters) and if removed or left in place for too long causes holes that leak water, moisture that can corrode your roof, create mold or serious damage to your roof. It is recommended to use clips that are designed for hanging Christmas lights.
Before hanging lights, clean your gutters.
It is important that the area of the roof where the lights are to be installed is clean of debris or obstructions that would prevent the lights from being properly and durably attached. Keeping the roof clean also protects us from hazards such as fire prevention caused by dry leaves and overheating of the lights. Also, clean gutters and shingles provide a free flow of water which prevents the Christmas lights from burning.
Be careful and use the proper equipment
Climbing on your roof without equipment is never a good idea, since everything can go wrong from one moment to the next. To avoid accidents when you want to install the lights on your ceiling, it is recommended to use the proper safety equipment, among them we recommend the use of a ladder that is in good condition or a hanging pole that extends from the ground to the installation site.
How to hang Christmas lights without damaging your ceiling and without clips.
If you don’t want to use clips to hang lights for your ceiling we recommend using adhesive hooks. These are very simple to use and require no additional tools. Please note that these adhesive hooks do not work on textured surfaces, so you must install on siding or other smooth surfaces.
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