How To Hang Up Christmas Lights On Your Wall

Stick a small adhesive decorating clip to the walls in each place you want to attach a strand of lights.

How to hang up christmas lights on your wall.

Similarly a brick fireplace or mantel is an easy place to hang lights. Use the maximum size clips for any bricks bigger than that. To secure a vertical stretch of lights. Pull the string to the next clip and clip it in in the same fashion.

Repeat until you have lights along the length of the wall. Press the bottom of the clip to open the top clamp and insert the string into the clamp. Hang the strings of miniature lights with tacks. String the lights to the closest clip.

Do not push the tack through the electrical wire. Hot glue or heavy duty mounting tape are both good ways to put up lights without damaging the wall. Wet a sponge and wipe across the surface of the brick spread a thin layer of glue on the wet part of the brick more is less in this case press and hold the item to stick to the brick. Queen clips fit bricks 2 3 4 in 7 0 cm in size.

Plug the christmas lights into the nearest outlet. Ideally use a clamp or other tool to hold the item in place for 1 hour. But rather than trying to drill some nails into the mortar use brick clips to hold your. If your wall doesn t have space for clips you will need to find a different hanging method.

Most miniature lights come with three strands of wire. Hang one wire over the tack.