STEP BY STEP: HOW TO INSTALL STRING LIGHTS. Market Lights, String Lights, Cafe Lights, Bistro Lights, Fiesta Lights, Party Lights, Patio Lights. Whatever you prefer to call them, they provide an awesome ambiance for you and your guests. If you are wanting to upgrade your outdoor space, this is a fantastic way to do it. Learn what tools and materials you will need, where to get them and how to properly, professionally & safely install string lights.
If you are like me and you want to skip ahead:
1:12 – Tools Needed
2:30 – Pole & Attachments Spots
3:03 – Step 1 – Lay out Strand & Lights
3:21 – Attach “S” Hooks to Light Strand
3:28 – Lay Out Braided Cable
3:37 – Attaching Eye Bolt
4:13 – Attaching Cable Clamps
6:06 – Hanging Lights
7:44 – Electrical Ends
Nice job thanks for sharing 👍🏻
What did you do with the other end of the wire on the pole? It was cut and no end on it
Never saddle a dead horse? Well you just did according to your description??
Watching from Austin, I used to live in Tyler. Super helpful video, thanks guys!!
Thanks! Helpful
Looking for the model of the dimmer switch you used for this project.
Why wouldn't you have turn buckels on the cables to tighten them? Wasnt in the budget?
When you said ambience I started to tune out because I don't speak French
What happened to the night shot? This ending was wrose than the game of thrones ending.
Great video! Thanks for posting this, it helped me a lot.
One thing I learned before hanging my patio lights is that a one-size-fits-all approach will lead to disappointment. Each video I watched had a different approach. The approach I went with was completely different approach from this one as it utilized removavle vertical pipes (5' or 6' long 1" diameter galvanized pipes or conduit that can easily slide in & out of 18" long 1-1/4" PVC pipes that are mounted in the earth with concrete at various locations throughout my yard/patio). These galvanized pipes/conduit with with hooks attached on the top "for the light strings to hang from" are easily removable from the PVC pipes for storage during the Winter months or if I want to change my light pattern in my yard, that too is easily accomplished since the pipes/conduit easily come out of the PVC pipe sections.
Just my two cents.
Bro thanks for spreading out this knowledge, big respects
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Hello Can you tell us where you were able to get the pole for the lights?
Can I use a tree instead of a pole
How do you attach string lights to a house with vinyl siding?
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We used this exact same process and the string lights came out awesome!! Thank you so much.. we used about 300ft of string lights..
Too difficult
I am in Australia and thanks very much for sharing your knowledge – I am using solar ones.
6:00 Perfect position to s*ck.
I like your video. I have the same setup. Please tell me about the pole you used. What's the material and what is at the top to attach the wire? Thank you.
After you attach it you could use a pair of vice grips and grab the dead horse. Loosen the clamps until the cable can slide freely, and use the eye screw as a pulley to pull the slack out of the full length. Hope that makes sense – seems like that would be easier with two people up there somehow so one person can hold the vice grips while the other guy loosens the clamp.
cable is way to thick for a guy wire
Why on earth didn't you show the end result at night?? Comon guys!
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Cable companies almost always will say not to use cable clamps. Instead use the sleeves and crimp them.
5:15 Takes pains to repeat "Never saddle a dead horse" but then refuses to show what that actually means.
4:05 Save time and effort by screwing in your eye bolts using a medium-sized Allen wrench chucked into your drill. Spin eye bolt with short leg of the "L".
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Advice on poles? Material? Height? I'm using 7-8 poles, approx 200ft lights over pool….want to make sure poles are secure
Where did you get the poles? Right now, looking at metal conduit from HD and spraying it black, but interested in where you got the poles for this project.
Great patio light setup, and great video. Thanks for the shout out!
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Thank you so much for the great video. For my home I'm looking to do the patio light but inside a pool enclosure, just wanted to know what would you use to secure on aluminum enclosure?