Is It Safe for My Roof?

How we attach the lights

We only use clips. They grip the edge of your gutters and shingles, so there are no nails and no staples. On metal roofs we use magnetic clips.

At takedown in January, we take everything down and pick up every clip on the way out. Every install is insured.

What doing it yourself really takes

Hanging lights looks like one Saturday. It usually turns into more than that:

• Measuring your roofline so you buy enough
• Buying the lights, clips, extension cords, and a timer
• Hours on a ladder, usually in the cold
• Finding the one dead section when half a strand goes out
• Going back up in January to take it all down
• Storing tangled strands until next year

During the holiday season, there are about 160 Christmas decorating injuries a day, nearly half involving falls. In the 2023 holiday season (Nov 1, 2022 to Jan 31, 2023), about 14,900 people were treated in emergency rooms for holiday decorating injuries (CPSC, 2023 holiday season).

What we handle

• The lights. We supply them.
• The install, with clips only
• Bulb fixes: bulb out? Fixed within 48 hours, free, until takedown
• Takedown in January
• Storage until next season

And we're insured.