How To Reach Top Roof With Xmas Lights

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How to reach top roof with xmas lights.

When you re hanging christmas lights on a roof you shouldn t use any fasteners that puncture the shingle or any other part of the roof such as nails staples or screws. Extend a ladder at least 3 ft 0 91 m past the edge of your roof. Step ladders are the easiest if you can find one that will reach. Plug in the first string of christmas lights do not turn on their power yet.

Make sure to stay centered between the rails of the ladder. Step 4 plug a strand of lights into an extension cord long enough to reach from the outlet to the edge of the roof with enough slack for the extension cord to follow a path along the ground against the wall upwards then vertically up to a corner of the roof line. Do not overreach to hang lights or decorations move the ladder instead. Do not nail directly into roof surface.

Use an extension ladder for the easiest way to get up to your roof. To reach a roof extend the ladder at least 3 feet beyond the edge of the roof. Choose the side nearest an outlet. Don t worry about releasing your grip the weight of the shingle will hold the shingle tab in place.

Even small holes in the shingles can create leaks. Set up the ladder along one edge of the roof. Start hanging the christmas lights. Your work will be in front of you and not below and climbing from the ladder to the roof can be difficult.

Lay the ladder on the ground so one end is against your home.