How To Hang Outdoor String Lights Gutter

2 create a soft garden glow by layering string lights into your landscaping.

How to hang outdoor string lights gutter. Install mounting hardware or use a string light suspension kit or both. Identify where mounting support is needed. Secure one end of the string lights to one of the cup hooks with the hook attached to the light or with cable ties or twist ties if no hook exists. However you don t hang these off the lip of a gutter or other surface.

How to hang outdoor string lights from diy posts. Hang them along the rafters wrap them along the handrails or frame the. Continue this process adding staples near each light. Pull the string of lights taut as you go.

Use sturdy screws and you may need to drill a pilot hole first. Install the bulbs and check your lights. Just like with gutter hooks adhesive backed hooks can help you hang outdoor lights without using nails or drilling holes. The way to do this is make sure that your two hanging points start and end and exactly secured at the same level and give the string lights just a little slack.

Illuminate an existing outdoor structure like a pergola or gazebo with strands of string lights. First screw a cup hook into one end of the 2x2. Starting with the string light closest to your power supply use a staple gun to fasten the lights under your railing. We only used one pole but if you really want to light it up or don t have an opposing wall to hang the lights from then grab a few.

Then screw the pole into the railing. Add lights arrange the planters in a rectangle no more than 10 apart. Lay out your string light cords along the ground or have a friend help.