How To Hang String Lights Outdoor

Scatter some lanterns on the table too in order to achieve an outdoor candlelight glow.

How to hang string lights outdoor.

Just use posts that are strong enough to withstand wind and rain. Use furring strips or thin wooden posts to hang your string lights. For maximum support use a zip tie on either side of each socket in lieu of using the loop on the socket. Furring strips are thin 1 inch 2 5 cm by 2 inches 5 1 cm posts that work great to hang light things like string lights.

Create the perfect outdoor dining space for summer dinner parties with a few strands of string lights. But you can use any type of wooden post that you want. Secure the end to a cup hook as you did the beginning of the string. Plug the lights directly into an exterior outlet or into an outdoor extension cord and position the first bulb next to the mounting hardware.

If needed use an outdoor extension cord to plug the string lights into a power source. It s also easy to hang string lights from an arbor or other structure. After the guide wires are installed you re ready to hang your string lights. When you have reached the first planter and have formed a rectangular outline of lights begin zigzagging the lights from one side of the outline to the other spacing the passes of string far enough apart so that they will be evenly distributed to the end.