Holiday Coro Snowflake Mounting

[kentd]

I would like some input on mounting the 24" Holiday Coro Snowflakes to a wall. I thought about using a aluminum spacer manufactured by McMaster Carr Part Number 92511A033 - This is 3/8" OD and #12 Screw. I planned on using a Lexan Clip from Holiday Coro screwed to this spacer and 1/2" Conduit on the Snowflake. The conduit would actually be three pieces shaped like a Y - going from the edge of the flake to the center of the flake. The straight up arm of the flake would have one on each side with the third between the lower arms. Then all I would have to do is clip the flakes to the wall with them spaced off of the wall 2" to give clearance for the pixels and wire on the back.

Is this a good way to go or do some of you from experience have a better way?

I am posting from my layout the picture of the mounted snowflakes.

Thanks
Kent

[kentd]

Just so the Y portion of the prior post is more clear I used paint to show the conduit placement on a picture of the Snow Flake.
I also am going to post a picture of the Lexan Clip.

This combo would provide three clip on areas per snowflake - Two at top and One at bottom

Thanks
Kent

[arw01]

I have to figure out the same sort of an idea, not as far along as you are in figuring it out.

The conduit would not be as pretty in the day light so won't go that way, at night you would likely see it too as the coro would light it up from the over all luminescence coming through the materal or floods etc up the house.

Mine will mainly be roof based or up and around a new porch under construction which would give me the ability to have an arch of snowflakes.

I wonder how Sean was mounting his to his house.

[Gilrock]

There are holes on both sides of one of the arms on those.  Guess I'm looking for simple cause I just tied a piece of string between those holes and hung it on a nail like a picture frame.

[Phrog30]

You may consider strong winds if you are going to hang it. I would rather screw it down if I could.

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[Gilrock]

Mine hang in mid air anyways.  Biggest issue I had was I wanted them facing forward and sometimes they would turn a little.  So I switched the string out for bailing wire but if its again the house I wouldn't worry about that.  If you don't know how to tie the string so wind won't blow it off go find a boy scout.

[sean]

i am building a frame out of 1/2" emt, it will look like a ladder with rungs every 5'. the total height will be 25'. Bottom of emt sits on ground, 20' in the air it will be attached to the  soffit . I will bolt (7) 3' snowflakes on it. We get 70mph winds in winter so i am prob over building it, but want to be safe.

[jnealand]

I've also been thinking of build a "ladder" type frame but from PVC.  For my house I would have that anchored to the ground at the bottom and to my eaves at the top.  Have not decided what size pvc would be best yet, but think about sch 40 3/4" since I would put a fair amount of cross braces in the ladder using pvc Ts.  I have snowflakes hanging loose under my arches and have not had a problem with the wind.  I run a piece of paracord thru a channel of the coro and tie it to the arch in two places so it will not pivot.  Swinging back and forth was not an issue last year.

[Phrog30]

Mine hang in mid air anyways.  Biggest issue I had was I wanted them facing forward and sometimes they would turn a little.  So I switched the string out for bailing wire but if its again the house I wouldn't worry about that.  If you don't know how to tie the string so wind won't blow it off go find a boy scout.

I found a few boy scouts and they don't know what you are talking about. Maybe we just have stupid scouts in the south.

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[bravado67]

I'm hanging mine since my house is white stucco. If they move that's bonus points for motion.