Are you prepared for the upcoming spring season? With pressure washing and light installation businesses booming, it’s essential that you stay on top of industry-leading training courses. Fortunately, 2023 has arrived with a full calendar of groundbreaking sessions from respected leaders and innovators in the field. These dynamic programs will keep your business up-to-date on industry … [Read more...]
Keep Your Home Shining All Year Long With CLC
CLC is here to help Christmas Light Contractors offers homeowners a unique and convenient way to illuminate their homes all year round. Whether you’re looking to create ambiance inside with subtle twinkling lights, accentuate the exterior landscape around your property, or outfit an entire building with decorations. Christmas Light Contractors has everything you need to make sure every … [Read more...]
Time to Install Ground Stakes
First, you want to make sure you know where the power source supply is going to be. Above, we are going to use the tree that we are installing our C7 lights from. Next, you will want to make sure you are in good range from the driveway and if it is still mowing season make sure you are into the mulch a few inches. After you have figured these details out, you are good to install. You … [Read more...]
Installing LED Lights On Pillars Like A Pro
This post contains affiliate links. Please read my disclaimer for more information. Installing LED Lights to pillars make the perfect touch of magic for the holiday season! Below we used the White Mini LED Lights for this installment. The white makes it look clean and professional. When installing lights, make sure to know a good place to hook up the power. Pictured below we … [Read more...]
Hanging LED Lights on Steep Roofs
When hanging LED Christmas lights, being safe is a top priority. There is ground work, but you will get installs that have a steep roof as well. So, here is the tip we have for you on how to get this installment safe and successful! We use a product called the Goat Hook. When getting ready to install you will need to make sure the Goat Hook is the right length. You will just need to … [Read more...]
No Need for A Ladder
This post contains affiliate links. Please read my disclaimer for more information. Is it possible to hang Christmas Lights without a ladder? It sure is! Keeping reading and find out the tips from pros. If you watch the video above, we installed this 30 foot tree in 25 minutes. Now thats a record. And it was all done with out a ladder. We used the C7 bulbs with the 24 inch spacing … [Read more...]
GFCI Plug Protectors
Another product that we are featuring on our website are the End Guard Protectors and Connection Shields. It is a great product. Many new people are having problems with keeping water out from the plugs. They usually try and tape this enough so that this will not happen, but water gets trapped inside the tape. It can take days for the water to come out and for the lights to come back to power. … [Read more...]
Tips for Professional Garland
You would think that installing garland has no steps. Just hang and complete! Well, there are some easy and simple tips to make garland look professional and the best! Lets get started! Tip #1: When drilling into masonry, use a little piece of wood so the screw has something to grip to. This is a tip for you when drilling is needed. Tip # 2: Purchase thick and full garland. Good … [Read more...]
In-Person Business Training
Pressure Washing & Christmas Light Installing We have exciting news! Join Jason Geiman and Donovan Quesenberry on September 17-19, 2021, as they lead people through the essential elements of business. There will be 3 days of training which will include Pressure Washing & Christmas Light Installing. The first day will include: Pressure washing basics, chemical safety, roof … [Read more...]
7 Time Saving Tips for Hanging Lights
This post contains affiliate links. Please read my disclaimer for more information. 1.) Spreading the LED Lights: To begin the process we spread out the lights and where they are going to be installed. This is a great tip because you know where they all and can just start stranding. See image below to see how we do it. 2.) Having what we need, where we need it: We put material … [Read more...]