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Best way to hang spiraling garland on columns?

Posted on 12/1/23 at 8:09 am
Posted by NASA_ISS_Tiger
Huntsville, Al via Sulphur, LA
Member since Sep 2005
8211 posts
Posted on 12/1/23 at 8:09 am
Anybody got any fool proof (windproof too) ways to hang lighted garland on columns at your house? I can put an eyebolt in the fascia above to start the attachment, but I'm trying to figure out the best way to keep the spiral in shape. Previous years I've used stainless tie wire...trying to get away from that. Hot glue takes the paint off.
Posted by Weekend Warrior79
Member since Aug 2014
20793 posts
Posted on 12/1/23 at 10:34 am to
Haven't done it yet at my house, wife wants to do it "next year" for the last 5 years. She just never gets around to buying what she needs.

But could you do the eyebolt above the fascia, keep a tight wrap around, and do something similar at the bottom? Then go back and use some type of painters tape strategically throughout the back side of the column? This has always been my plan to attach, just waiting for the wife to drop it on me last minute one year.
Posted by Monday
Prairieville
Member since Mar 2013
5138 posts
Posted on 12/1/23 at 10:40 am to
My wife got some that has a stiff, but bendable, wire in it. I anchored one end into the soffit and wrapped it around and hung lights on it. It's worked to far and I didn't have to screw or drill anything.

My other suggestion is that I use the command strips for all of my outdoor hanging needs. Make sure the area is clean and it will stay up. I have outdoor string lights attached on vinyl siding and it's been up for almost 2 years.
Posted by tide06
Member since Oct 2011
20601 posts
Posted on 12/1/23 at 1:30 pm to
I would just install some discrete small non metal white hooks every few feet and connect the garland to the hooks as needed.
Posted by ABucks11
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2012
1235 posts
Posted on 12/1/23 at 2:57 pm to
I have 1 nail on the backside top of the column. Zip tie the top to the nail and wrap the column. If you wrap it tight enough the friction keeps it from slipping. At the bottom double the last turn. Sometimes I zip tie the the end to the previous turn if it moves.
Posted by gumbeaux
Member since Jun 2004
4996 posts
Posted on 12/1/23 at 3:48 pm to
quote:

I have 1 nail on the backside top of the column. Zip tie the top to the nail and wrap the column. If you wrap it tight enough the friction keeps it from slipping. At the bottom double the last turn. Sometimes I zip tie the the end to the previous turn if it moves.


I do the same except I don’t use zip ties. I just wrap the garland wire around the nail. Done it for years without the garland slipping but I have stained cedar columns.
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