Home decoration outside garlands - Much more attractive than it may seem at first glance. It is very important to figure out how beautifully decorate the facade with a set of garlands for the street. And it should also be decided on the choice of the type of street garlands and the features of their assembly with their own hands.
Select garlands
There are many types of street garlands to highlight the house. But not all of them are equally valuable practically. Very important differences between room and intended for open areas, models are:
thermal resistance;
Resistance to moisturizing;
resistance to temperature fluctuations, including changing thaws and frost;
Preserving basic qualities even in a clogged state.
The necessary information gives the so-called IP index. It is assigned on the international scale of electrical safety. For the organization of street lighting, you can take the garlands by the level of not lower than IP44. But Ideally, you should focus on the IP64, IP65 models. It is they who are much better protected from all adverse factors.
Petholders preferably use garlands With battery powered . Especially attractive models with low voltage for families with children. Yes, and nobody canceled personal security. No matter how great the desire for the original options for decorating the house outside, the homemade garlands can not be applied. Even the best of them cannot guarantee complete protection and sufficient reliability.
For the same reason, it is extremely undesirable to use restored, repaired or bought samples. If possible, buy light decorations from one proven supplier. It is advisable to immediately take a whole set to achieve a uniformity of design, connection methods. Connoisseurs are advised to carefully consider the insulation of the wires, and even check it with the testers selectively. It is necessary to ask those issued to the finished kits and individual samples of quality certificates.
Important: Each garland is selected for a specific purpose. If it is suitable for decorating the wall, it may not help when decorating the roof, or will look ridiculous on the fitting tree.
Avoid mistakes will allow design project. And also worth paying attention to the types of lighting devices. A genuine classic is a filamentary garland - but modern options are characterized by the use of LEDs, and not incandescent bulbs, which is cheaper, and safer many times.
Such products hang on any surface, wound to any object. Without much difficulty, even "dense curtains" are created. The so-called fringe is often used. The chain of lights is complemented by attached vertically threads of different lengths. Light fringe is usually attached to the perimeter of the roof.
Even more popular use:
curtains from garlands-threads (complex, but beautiful solution);
garland icicles;
grids;
cast cords based on PVC;
Glowing figures with one or another plot.
Step-by-step scheme of mounting
Preparation
Before decorating the facade or other part of the building with garlands, you need to check again if they are working. Categorically undesirable to hang them at a temperature of less -10 degrees . And even better to perform it in advance, before the onset of negative temperatures.
It is useful to go through and look outside, imagine how the composition from a person who is on the street or in the yard will look like.
When drafting the scheme, it is useful to keep the picture of the desired walls and the roofs. Be sure to think about it:
Consider electrical rules;
pay attention to the optimal methods and points of consolidation;
Consider external light sources, how it will affect the perception.
Washing and fixing
Proper decoration of the house outside the garlands with their own hands implies strict adherence to equal intervals . Only then the composition will look harmonious and concise. The entire auxiliary decor and wires, of course, are also taken only for street use.
The installation process and fastening is determined by what material is placed garland. In some cases, plastic clips are used, but sometimes not to do without brackets and nails.
Fastening at all points should be very reliable. Only this makes it possible to eliminate the separation with strong wind and damage at snowfall. It is extremely important to check that the garland can not be accidentally hurting or damaged. Attention should be given and fix the volumetric figures. Nails and other metal fasteners are not used too reasonable - they can rust and carry out the current, which is extremely dangerous.
Turning on
When the garland was set, it must be connected to the network or put the batteries. Immediately inspect all the product around the perimeter. Even small sparks and current leaks are unacceptable. Low-voltage products are connected to each other with connectors. The start command is given using a special (non-room!) Two-phase circuit breaker.
When connected to a household power grid, a downstream transformer must be used. This transformer must have a power supply. The number of sequentially connected sections is determined by the instruction. Each site is connected using a separate wire. Boxing is preferably mounted in a special place indoors.
Beautiful examples
It is quite possible to decorate the house outside with multi-colored lights along the contour. Red and green lights look very good. There will be even better effect if they become a flicker thoughtful.
Street bichroma Often it turns out no worse. The photo presents just a fringe with a different thread length.
But this option may look somewhat different. Its quite correctly focus on the level of the attic and roof. Then Wide yellow tape will look attractive.
Sometimes they take garlands of several different species. The topic of New Year and Christmas holidays are Green circles.
