How To Attach Wires To Vinyl Siding

15 minute vinyl siding repair with a zip tool.

How to attach wires to vinyl siding.

Follow me on instagram. The vinyl siding zip tool will save you loads of time. Screw the fixture to the siding or to the mounting block with the screws that come with it. It slips into the groove between adjoining slats and once it clicks into place you can hang items as heavy as 12 pounds.

Slide the zip tool along the bottom edge to release the vinyl siding from the piece below it. Pull up gently on the lower lip of the vinyl siding where you wish to hide the cable. The vinyl should flex enough to create a gap. Then use a screw about 1 inch longer and drive it through the downspout strap through the spacer and into the solid siding below.

Insert the hooked tip of the fish tape into the gap and push the tip a few inches behind the siding before. How to hide cables in vinyl siding. See you tomorrow by go. Remove 3 4 inches of insulation from the individual wires.

Allow for movement we cannot stress enough at ron ferris son you must allow vinyl siding to move because it typically expands and contracts 1 4 per 12 feet. Take the hook and tuck it into the seam of the vinyl siding. You ll know its in right because it sort of clicks in place. Hang the stock half ball magnet mount onto the hook screw.

What i ve done is to drill through the siding and insert a spacer the length of which is the same as the thickness of the siding and insulation. Most hooks are stainless steel so they won t corrode and they are easy to remove when you re done with them. You ll notice the mount will hang very loose. Well here s what the experts do.

If you don t allow vinyl siding to move it will most likely buckle and warp under the pressure. Starting at one end of the damaged piece push the end of the zip siding removal tool up under the siding until you feel it hook the bottom lip. Check out how i install vinyl siding it s easy and you don t need expensive tools. Twist wires together clockwise with pliers and screw a wire cap onto each pair except the ground wires.

To make the connections in the junction box.