The Christmas season is here, and you may finally decide to put up some lights on your house. I personally like single-color, soft-white lights rather than multi-colored lights. Regardless of your color preferences, installing string lights can be difficult depending on your particular situation.
In my case, the string lights I have are the FEIT LED ones from Costco.
Though there are holes every 2 feet to fasten them, those holes don’t line up with rafters under the eaves of my house, so I couldn’t use them all.
Regardless of the hole distance, one way to securely fasten any string lights, or cable, for that matter, is by using zip ties (I prefer the releasable kind) with a base mount.
Just screw the base mount to your structure such that the slot where the zip tie would go in is in the direction you need it to be in.
Then, slide the zip tie though the base mount and around your string light cable.
This doesn’t just work for string lights. You can fasten other types of cables and even multiple cables. Unlike plastic cable clamps, which can quickly deteriorate and crack from UV exposure, zip ties can last a long time. Also, unlike cable clamps, which don’t grab cables tightly, resulting in some slack, zip ties can be pulled until the cable they’re securing are tight. This is important if you want your string lights to be straight.
