How to build a Christmas archway tunnel out of PVC 

If you cut the 10' sticks at 5' and use the cross couplings, you can have a sturdier archway and wrap mini lights around it. You can then hang nets instead.

Thank you for the measurements. Now I know judge visually high it will be if I use 10' PVC and place them 8' apart.

Incredible!! Thank you so much for sharing!

Good job thanks for showing 👍🏾

So beautiful!! I am going to try and do something like this this Christmas. Fingers crossed.

Thank you! Looks awesome

Thanks a lot for this great video and very good idea to do this season. My kid will enjoy it.

Awesome. Starting this tomorrow!

Looks awesome... I'd like to build this setup but use solar lights going down my double driveway to the garage.

VERY NICE!!! My only question is, you said you were using regular mini lights. How in the world do you not blow fuses?

Looks great 👍

Pretty. 🎄

I love how you attach lights before hanging. Does everyone detach lights from all poles every year or is it ok to store with lights wrapped to pipes if indoors?

Can a 20ft pvc bend enough to make a walkway arch? I am placing this over a sidewalk so just a little wider than sidewalk

Is there a trick for getting the pvc pipe more bendable?

Great tutorial! Looks amazing! For a 15 foot wide driveway would two 20 foot 1 inch pvc pipes with a connector in the center work for being able to drive under it?

How well do these structures handle snow?

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Are you in a warm climate? Actual snow and ice always weights down my arches. I'd like to try a tunnel.

I have a couple of questions. I have had a pvc arch for several years now, and I 8:16 decided to glue my fittings ( perhaps a bad decision) .Also, I have used (4) 5ft. sections rather than (2) 10' sections, so I have 3 junctions per individual arch instead of your 1. I did that mostly for stability in winds etc., and becauseI followed another man's light arch directions on Pinterest when I first constructed my arch, and that is how he did it. The problems I have been experiencing have been with my pipe occasionally breaking at the junctures when I assemble my arch. I have 3 questions. First, do you think that (4) 5' lengths are more prone to breakages than (2)10' sections. Second, I think that my decision to glue the fittings might be part of the problem, as when I assembled the arch, each individual arch tends to twist away from having the fittings lined properly for the 5 ft' connector, and I think it puts stress on the fittings when the connectors are inserted. Do you agree? Finally, do you feel that your method, (2) 10 ' sections with one connection, is as stable in wind as ( 4) 5' sections with 3 connections. I would appreciate any help you can offer as I really enjoy putting up my Christmas arch. I know you probably get a lot of questions, but your feedback would be appreciated, as this year, I have broken two of my individual arches at the fittings, and I am frustrated.

Hellooo, I’ve never quite worked with pvc pipes like at all, but I’d really like to make about 4-5 individual Christmas arches (without the top connecting pipes)for my parents driveway this year. Any advice?

that is so ccol

I want to do a single arch. Will it hold up or should I shorten the height

do you know how I might execute this indoors?

How did you connect all the lights to power??

How do you attach the lights at the bottom without a row of lights on the ground

Did you build the large ball ornaments in the back right as well? If so please do a video 🙂

Is this pex or shedule 40 pvc

How many strands of lights did you use 🤔

I did this with incandescent mini lights from Home Depot, 3000 lights/ 20 strands of 100 and the fuses kept blowing. I built the whole thing, zip ties, etc and ended up ripping it down. I guess LED would have been better.

make it 100% solar lights and repost

Hi, I am first

All my PVC cross fittings are snapping. Going to reinforce joints with rebar on inside.