Christmas light safety

Kya deLongchamps gives tips for your festive lights in her series on keeping your home safe for the winter

DO’S

1 Choose LED lighting indoors and outdoors when you buy or replace your lights. Not only will they save you 90% of the energy of old style incandescent filaments and last up to 50,000 hours, but as low voltage (12-24V), are less prone to overheating.