How To Put Up String Lights On Balcony

You can hang one end from the lip of your gutter and thread the string light through the other end.

How to put up string lights on balcony. Carefully hold the light strand in place watch your fingers. If you want to hang your cafe lights from your house or another wall or fence simply drill a pilot hole and screw either an eye hook a cup hook or a coaxial staple into the wall. We screwed four pieces of 2 x 2 stripboards into the four corners of our deck.

These are S-shaped hardware you can purchase at any home supply store our favorite decorative ones are here. We used this method on the house side of our patio. If youre covering a smaller length I am not sure if that step would be necessary but because my balcony is so long I think it really makes a difference.

Connect your string lights using an extension cord if needed. Thread the string lights onto the hooks. Lay out your string light cords along the ground or have a friend help you hold them up in the configuration youve chosen.

Mark the spots where you want to attach the lights. Since I was covering a pretty long area with lights and I knew wed probably get some pretty windy thunderstorms this summer I secured the strings of lights with zip ties at different points. Check to be sure your string lights work properly.

Identify where mounting support is needed. Then insert the poles into the PVC pipe and string the lights on the poles. All the details on this project and many more are on my blog.

Look for a ceiling or support system above your balcony that can hold up your string lights. Mark an X with a pencil or place a piece of painters tape where you need support to hold them up. How to Hang String Lights 1.