Insert a light pole.
Diy string light pole stand.
The heavy base of the planter helps keep things stable while your flowers and greenery will add some eye candy to this set up.
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This is the base for your outdoor string light pole stand.
Arrange the planters in a rectangle no more than 10 apart.
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Fill bucket 3 4 full with water.
When dry drill a few drain holes by the top of the concrete if you re planning on adding plants.
Long vertical poles secured with concrete footings are an easy way to support twinkling string lights and are sturdy enough to stay up for the entire summer season.
Hang the lights around the perimeter of the space crisscrossing the area if desired.
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At the top of the 4x4 post pre drill a hole for the c hook that will hold the string lights.
Create a frame for your outdoor string light pole stand cut four 1 x 4 x 24 pine boards.
Lay them in a square and screw them together.
Stand conduit on end and hold in place.
Insert a c hook in each of the poles toward the top.
Use a level on the pole to adjust for straightness if needed and secure with duck tape to hold in place while the concrete is drying.
A little carpentry work and a few basic supplies are all that s required and this diy project can be done in one day.
Pour bag of quikrete into bucket and stir with a stick don t move the conduit.
Continue stringing the lights making an outline of the planters.
Hang string lights from the c hooks using zip ties to secure the lights to the hooks.
Leave it on level ground for 48 hours.
Secure one end of the string lights to one of the cup hooks with the hook attached to the light or with cable ties or twist ties if no hook exists.
It should set up enough to let go of the conduit within a couple minutes.
