Christmas Lights Question?

Question

I am hanging Christmas lights from right above the front windows on my house. The front windows are about 7 feet off the ground. I am looking to hang the lights right above them. My only problem is that the width of the windows is about 7 feet also. I am looking to plant the ladder right on the gournd but instead on the ground is a hole which leades to my basement window it is about 5 feet long (width). I have no way of getting the ladder there to string my lights. I tried putting boards over the hole and it did not work. I would have to put the ladder on the side and try and reach my arms over to string lights. I do not know how to get my lights in the up? Can anyone help me?

Answer 1

1. Put an extension ladder into the hole and adjust it to the proper heigth. 2. You could also just hang the lights inside the window, positioning them so they can be seen from the outside. 3. Get a pickup truck, back it into the proper location, have a stool hand, end of problem.

Answer 2

It sounds like you are trying to do this from a step ladder. You may get better results with a small extension ladder leaning up against the house above the front window, & the base out past the basement window well.

Answer 3

If the hole is only five feet long, then you should be able to reach two feet on either side, omitting the need for a "board" or other object to cover the hole to put the ladder on. Just don't reach to far and fall.

Answer 4

If you're set on hanging your lights over THiS window, with the hole in the ground, maybe it would be worth buying a sheet of plywood/MDF, etc; At its 4' x 8' dimension, it seems it would cover the hole, giving you a solid surface on which to place your ladder. [Later, you can build whatever you want out of the piece of plywood.]

Answer 5

Maybe you can start them at one end, go through the window to hook them ( maybe with curtain hooks to your gutter) , then move the ladder to the other side and attach to the other end. Also another way is to go onto your roof itself and attach them from the top, then climb back down. Make sure someone is home first, better safe than sorry. Good Luck.

Answer 6

I don't know if this would help in your situation. . . .

But, last night. . . when we were outside decorating with christmas lights on about a 20 ft tree. . . well we are creative and easy. We took the extendable pool pole with the brush still attached and draped the lights across the brush and used it to carry the lights to where we need them. Now, I don't know how this would work if you are trying to hook them once they are up there. . . . but good luck and be safe. . .

Merry Christmas ! :)

Answer 7

Use a broom handle and bend a wire coat hanger into a hook. Secure with duct tape. Place the line of lights in the hook and then reach up over the window to attach!

Answer 8

Hang lights somewhere else. My front yard looks like a theme park. I lit up bushes, trees, my garden fountain, my mailbox,
got little wooden sticks and wired the lights to them and ran them along the edges of my driveway and sidewalk, lit up the wreath on my door with battery powerd lights,...lit up an old car up on blocks ....used the same wooden stick idea and spelled out happy holidays in lights on the grass....lit up my chain link fence in the back yard, lit up the dog house, super glued lights to my
satillite tv dish,....etc etc.... My husband says you can see our place from outer space. He's probably right.