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Stake recommendation to hold up lights over our deck - Dumb_Polack - 05-24-2022
SWMBO wants to string up lights like these across our deck:
https://www.wayfair.com/lighting/pdp/amico-48-outdoor-30-bulb-standard-string-light-end-to-end-connectable-ahco1000.html
They will criss-cross our deck. I would like to mount some sort of stakes (I'll need 3 of them) on the outside of our deck to hold the lights. I'd like something attractive and maintenance-free, if possible. They need to be 7-8 feet tall so no one gets clotheslined. I could go to Lowes to see what they've got, but if you've climbed this mountain before, pease let me know what you used. Thanks!
RE: Stake recommendation to hold up lights over our deck - brianwelch - 05-24-2022
I used 10' pcs of 3/4" (may have been 1", not sure) galv conduit for posts for our patio. I concreted in PVC sleeves that would allow the posts to be removable. Being that the posts were right up against some tall plantings, I actually covered them with camouflage tape and they all but disappeared.
Being that you are mounting to a deck, I might use conduit clamps firmly attached and still consider the sleeve idea...