Ultimate Guide to Hanging Outdoor Christmas Lights 🎄 | B&Q

Ho Ho Ho! Embrace the Christmas spirit with Sheree and make your home shine this season. 🎅 ✨

Say hello to Christmas and learn how to deck the halls (literally). In this episode of our ‘How To’ series, Sheree Millington will help you achieve the festive home of your dreams - hassle free. Gone are the days of untangling cords and fixing fallen lights, this Christmas, it’s time to bring back the joy! 🎁 ✨

🤝Top Safety Tip: Make your ladder safe! For every 4 metres of ladder height, position the base 1 metre away from the wall.

00:00 👩‍🎨 How to hang Christmas lights with Sheree
00:58 📏 Measuring windows, porch, and guttering for lights
01:20 📐 Using a digital distance measurer
01:35 💡 Choosing your lights
01:40 🎄 Cluster lights, string lights, and icicle lights
02:10 🔋 Battery, mains, or solar? What’s best?
02:51 ✅ Final checks
03:00 🪜 Ladder safety tips
03:54 🪟 How to hang lights on windows
04:30 🏠 Decorating the porch
04:54 🌿 How to decorate plants, shrubs, and trees
06:00 ✨ Finishing Touches

🛒 Your B&Q Christmas shopping list:
Battery lights
Cluster LED Lights
String LED lights
Cable ties, clips and gutter hooks
Extension leads (outdoor rated)
Gloves
Ladder
Laser distance measurer
Measuring tape
Plug timers

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