Time flies swiftly, and it’s only a matter of a few months before the holiday season arrives. Being stuck at home due to the ongoing pandemic might have introduced some restrictions, but it doesn’t mean you can’t blanket your home with that familiar cozy Christmas atmosphere.If you’re planning to have your Christmas lights installed by professionals, one of the things you must do is to properly prepare your house and your yard. In this article, you’ll find seven vital tips on how to do just that.Relay your outdoor lighting plan. If you’re hiring a professional Christmas light installer, you have to have a clear vision of how you’d like your outdoor holiday lighting installation to look like. This way, you can better prepare your home and yard — plus the installation team will have a proper guide on how to pull off this certain project.Locate and inspect your power sources. As holiday lights are powered by electricity, one way of making the whole installation process more efficient is by briefing the installers as to where power sources are located. Before the day of installation arrives, you should also check if the power sources you will be using are working.Clean and survey your house and lawn beforehand. Think of outdoor holiday lighting installation as a seasonal home improvement project. And for it to be conveniently — and safely — done, your house’s exterior and the garden area should be cleaned first. You should also survey it for the presence of possible accident-causing elements; address any issue before the day of installation.Trim your trees and shrubs. If you want your Christmas light installer to decorate your greeneries with festive holiday lights, you should make sure that your trees and shrubs can be easily accessed. Trim them and remove pointy branches to keep your installer safe throughout the process. Also check trees that come in contact with power lines — relay the information to your installer so that these trees can be avoided.Keep your kids and pets away. Children and pets like dogs are naturally playful. To prevent them from distracting your holiday lighting installation team, it’s better to keep them inside your home (or in another place) while they accomplish their job. This is also a way of keeping them safe from the equipment and materials that will be used to put up your Christmas lights.Have the pros inspect your equipment. Your efforts to thoroughly prepare your home for the lighting installation will go futile if the very lighting sets and extension cords you will use are broken or worn out. These should be inspected first — and any damaged component or product should be replaced accordingly.Test your holiday lighting installation. When you’re having outdoor Christmas lights installed in your home, preparing your place is just one side of the story. Keep in mind that you will use your lightning installation for a couple of weeks. To guarantee that it works fine, it should be tested before — and after — installation.
