How To Attach Wires To Vinyl Siding

Insert the hooked tip of the fish tape into the gap and push the tip a few inches behind the siding before.

How to attach wires to vinyl siding.

Most hooks are stainless steel so they won t corrode and they are easy to remove when you re done with them. Slide the zip tool along the bottom edge to release the vinyl siding from the piece below it. Well here s what the experts do. Check out how i install vinyl siding it s easy and you don t need expensive tools.

The vinyl should flex enough to create a gap. 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. See you tomorrow by go. 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.

It slips into the groove between adjoining slats and once it clicks into place you can hang items as heavy as 12 pounds. 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. Remove 3 4 inches of insulation from the individual wires.

If you don t allow vinyl siding to move it will most likely buckle and warp under the pressure. The vinyl siding zip tool will save you loads of time. You ll know its in right because it sort of clicks in place. Twist wires together clockwise with pliers and screw a wire cap onto each pair except the ground wires.

Hang the stock half ball magnet mount onto the hook screw. How to hide cables in vinyl siding. You ll notice the mount will hang very loose. Pull up gently on the lower lip of the vinyl siding where you wish to hide the cable.

Then use a screw about 1 inch longer and drive it through the downspout strap through the spacer and into the solid siding below. Remove the outer jacket from the cable ends using the cable ripper or the utility knife. So you ve got vinyl siding and you d like to attach something to it without causing damage. Follow me on instagram.

To make the connections in the junction box.