Vinyl Siding Lights: How to Mountain Lights Using a Vinyl Mounting Block

Mount lights on any type of vinyl or metallic siding

Time

An hour or less

Complication

Beginner

Price

Less than $xx

Introduction

Create a stone-solid base for exterior light fixtures mounted on vinyl or aluminum lap siding, without removing any siding. Vinyl mounting blocks are bachelor for almost any lap and securely hold lights upright.

Tools Required

Materials Required

  • Cablevision connector
  • Caulk
  • Exterior screws
  • Vinyl mounting block
  • Wire nuts

Project step-past-step (3)

Pace 2

Mounting box with congenital-in electric box

electrical

Push button the wire through the cable connecter, and so spiral the block to the sheathing. For adequate support, you can mount outside light fixtures to a solid cake or base, which you lot unremarkably install before or during the siding procedure. However, when retrofitting lights on vinyl or aluminum siding or fixing a sagging fixture it's unremarkably easier to buy special blocks that fit right over the siding (available at domicile centers).

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Step iii

The mounting blocks are paintable

paint

The mounting blocks are paintable and bachelor in dissimilar sizes and profiles to fit near types of flat and lap vinyl siding styles. You don't have to cut into the siding to mountain the block. However, light fixtures must be secured to an electrical box. The cake we show here has a built-in electrical box, so you don't need the i in the wall. If you employ a block without an electric box, shift the existing electrical box out so you can mount the fixture to it.

To install the kit, insert the cable connector in an opening in the center of the mounting block, then feed in the cable(s) from the back. Gear up the block into place equally shown and spiral information technology to 1/2-in. (minimum) forest capsule. Or mount it to a stud. Connect the wires, mount the fixture and caulk around the block so it's watertight.

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Originally Published: March 22, 2022