There s also a way to hang your lights without the gutter guard or the 3 8 inch slit coming into play at all.
Attach christmas lights without gutter.
The roof is one of the most popular locations to hang christmas lights and often the first project in any outdoor christmas display.
Attach christmas lights to shingles.
Then i simply place the wires over the hooks and use a few twist ties to keep the wires from coming off.
What makes these clips different is their unique construction which features a flip hinge along the middle allowing for vertical or horizontal bulb orientation.
I simply drive very tiny finishing nails the ones with slightly rounded heads every few feet and then used white wire ties to attach the light wires to the nails.
Instead use plastic clips.
Bi axial shingle tab as with original shingle tabs biaxial tabs are used to attach c7 or c9 christmas string lights to roof shingles or under roof awnings.
Use an extension cord to run the lights to the tree and then wrap the lights around the tree trunk up until you reach the first branch leaving 6 inches 15 cm of space in between the strands of lights.
The resemble spring clips used to hold metal pins in place.
Once painted the nails are barely visible in the summer.
By pre drilling the holes the hooks went right in.
If you have an edge on the soffet or shingles they have plastic clips that hold the wire.
You can opt for light clips with an adhesive backing that affix directly onto the front surface of your gutter.
Temporary shingle clips will work as intended and in most cases will not void the warranty.
One approach is to simply attach your lights to your shingles rather than your gutters.
There are different types of clips for different types of roofs and different types of lights.
They work by clipping onto the gutters shingles or eaves of your home.
I used a tiny drill to make it easy to do.
However do not nail or staple into the shingles to hang those lights as this could void your roof warranty.
To make sure your lights hang just right and hold tight across your gutters shingles and peaks this holiday season it helps to begin with a plan.
Prior to installing them i sprayed them white to match the board so to hide them when there not being used.