How To Hang Icicle Lights With Gutter Guards

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How to hang icicle lights with gutter guards.

And it works if you don t mind the storm door catching the lights every time you open the door. One approach is to simply attach your lights to your shingles rather than your gutters. Paintersrx how to estimate painting jobs. I was hoping to still attach the lights to the gutters to avoid that.

Here are some tips for hanging christmas lights when you have gutter guards. Here we are going to show you a quick and inexpensive way to diy hang your holiday lights if you have raindrop gutter guards on your home. You can opt for light clips with an adhesive backing that affix directly onto the front surface of your gutter. The gutter guard is mesh and it goes right up to the edge of the gutter so there is no way to use gutter clips.

If you don t yet have gutter guards when you get them installed your mastershield installer can give you a special christmas light clip that goes under the drip lip where you can hang your lights. Use adhesive light clips. Actually we do have cup hooks on the fascia. How to professionally install christmas lights on gutters.

We hung heavy icicle lights with these hooks. All you really nee. There s also a way to hang your lights without the gutter guard or the 3 8 inch slit coming into play at all. This is the best solution as it avoids any holes or damage to your gutter guards.

With a gutter guard ice forms on top of the guard surface instead of inside the gutters. However do not nail or staple into the shingles to hang those lights as this could void your roof warranty. Make sure you bend the hooks to mold to your gutter edge and then crimp to hold lights and use one hook per foot and it will withstand heavy winds. As the sun shines down onto your roof it will melt the snow and ice on the surface first which means the icicles will disappear and the gutters will be free flowing immediately rather than days or weeks of thawing and refreezing.