Hanging Deck Lighting
Allow to dry paint second coat.
Hanging deck lighting. How to Hang String Lights From a wall fence or building. We have a standard 10 x 10 square deck and adding these fun hanging string lights was a piece of cake. Paint first coat onto the beams and cup hooks.
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. To take the look up another notch try the optional timer and dimmer for total lighting control. We used this method on the house side of our patio.
Install beams into deck railing using deck screws. Tips for hanging string light on a deck using a piece of EMT electric metallic tube to make a deck light pole and wire rope. MATERIALS YOU WILL NEED-Four pieces of 2 x 2 stripboard 8 feet long screws screw eyes 4 pieces paint optional STRING LIGHTS.
We used two - one on each of the farthest corners of the deck. Allow to dry then screw in cup hooks. Ad Find China Manufacturers Of Deck Lighting.
The first thing you should do before hanging your lights is to lay them out along your deck where you want them to hang. If you are doing long runs on your lights you need a wire to make it look good. This is second video on how to hang cafe lights with a professional look.
We screwed four pieces of 2 x 2 stripboards into the four corners of our deck. Easy to build into a new or existing deck Trex Deck Lighting is even easier to set up with the Trex LightHub connection system. Hold them up so you can see where they will need supports.