How To Install An Exterior Light On Siding

If possible take advantage of the same guide holes that your last mount used.

How to install an exterior light on siding.

You can buy a vinyl mounting blocks with a preinstalled electric box to mount a fixture on vinyl siding. How to install an exterior light fixture on siding things you will need. Mark on the siding where you plan to install exterior lighting using a pencil. I live in a 30 year old house with 30 year old vinyl siding.

Please help support my channel by using my link to. Mounting box with built in electrical box. Put your new mount against the wall to check for placement. Remove portions of the vinyl.

Gently pull up on the. Installing light fixtures on vinyl siding step 1. Slide the j hook under the piece of siding you need to remove to set the j block in place. Pull wiring through plastic block bushing and open ing in block.

You can also move your new mount positioning slightly and drill new guide holes for installation without patching and. Push the wire through the cable connecter then screw the block to the sheathing. Block bushing mounts to interior side of block. The siding isn t flat so i was wondering how to install exterior lights by my entry doors so that the base of the light sits flush on the siding.

As an amazon affiliate i get commissions from purchases made from links in the description of my videos. For adequate support you can mount exterior light fixtures to a solid block or base which you usually install before or during the siding process. Make a 3 1 4 x 5 1 2 hole in block. Turn off the power by flipping off that breaker to the area where you ll install the light.