Securing Christmas Lights to Brick with Hot Glue

When festooning your abode for the festive season, various methods exist to affix your lights around the exterior. A prevalent technique involves using conventional clips, which are quite effective for numerous materials and configurations.

Nonetheless, certain surfaces can complicate the process. Brick, in particular, can be challenging, especially when outlining areas like windows and garages. Hot glue, however, can resolve these difficulties.

Hot glue is ideal for adhering lights to brick, concrete, and stone, though it isn't recommended for most stucco surfaces.

Hot glue is an outstanding solution for mounting Christmas lights to your brick residence or commercial building, suitable for both warm and cold environments. Given its convenience and efficacy, Jason from Gift All Season created a video demonstrating a sample installation with hot glue. In this blog, we will guide you through the steps we followed to secure our lights with hot glue, ensuring a dazzling and sturdy holiday light display.

Equipment

For our demonstration video, we utilized:

  • Cool white C9 LED retrofit bulbs
  • Red C9 LED retrofit bulbs
  • 9” Empty socket light line
  • Male Vampire Plugs
  • Female Vampire Plugs
  • Zip cord
  • A hot glue gun
  • Glue sticks

Procedure

In our demonstration, we began by outlining the home's windows with lights. Ensure that when attaching to the brick, the flange on each socket drapes over the brick's edge. Additionally, it simplifies the process if you screw your bulbs into the empty socket light line before applying the hot glue.

To secure the sockets, apply a bead of hot glue to the socket's base. Hold it in place for a few moments while attaching it to the brick to ensure a firm bond, then proceed to the next socket.

One crucial aspect to consider is the orientation of your bulbs. You can choose between vertical or horizontal alignment. For our demo, we opted for horizontal alignment as it complemented the roofline. However, applying hot glue at the socket bases for vertical alignment is also popular.

After completing a specific section, like a window, cut the empty socket light line and attach male and female plugs to both ends. Even if you don't plan to use the female end, it's always a good idea to add one for cord termination safety.

In our setup, we also utilized a zip cord to connect the light line to the power source. We fitted a female vampire plug to one end of the zip cord, plugged it into the light line, then added a male plug to the other end and connected it to the timer linked to the power source.

We applied the same technique to outline the garage in our demonstration, another tricky area when dealing with brick buildings. Remember, the spacing of your light line is significant. For smaller spaces, such as windows and smaller garages like the one in our demo, tighter spacing is effective. Hence, we used 9” spacing for our light line instead of the common 12” spacing.

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Securing Christmas lights with hot glue is a straightforward and potent method for creating a professional-looking display, even with challenging materials like brick or stucco.

At Gift All Season, we are passionate about pro-grade Christmas lights and assisting our customers with their decorating aspirations. For further details on the products we offer and their applications, visit our website or our YouTube channel. Additionally, do not hesitate to contact us anytime at [email protected] for inquiries.