How To Install Outdoor Light Fixture On Siding

Mounting box with built in electrical box.

How to install outdoor light fixture on siding.

The block should be rectangular and large enough to accommodate the base of the fixture. Then you snap on the mounting plate. I wanted to install an exterior light on vinyl siding so i opened an existing one to see how the box wires and fixture is installed. Remove portions of the vinyl siding on either side of the installation location to install the vinyl mounting block.

Push the wire through the cable connecter then screw the block to the sheathing. You then reinstall your siding cutting it to fit around the box leaving approximately 3 8 for expansion and contraction. The right landscape lighting can enhance the trees shrubs flowers or other features in your yard and provide security along a walkway or around a deck. However it is recommended that this type of.

All we have is the vinyl trim around where it used to be with the wires sticking out of a hole in a small vinyl panel. Twist the ground wire coming from your light fixture to the ground wire coming from the wall using a clockwise motion. Mark on the siding where you plan to install exterior lighting using a pencil. Twist your wire cap on to secure the two wires.

Cut a mounting block out of 1 inch lumber to mount a fixture on vinyl or clapboard siding. It has cutout marks on it for the type of fixture you will be using. This guide also gives an outline of what is involved in installing line voltage lighting. Step 2 slide the j hook under the piece of siding you need to remove to set the j block in place.

Make sure they are firmly connected. 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. Twist the white wire from the light fixture to the white wire coming from the wall using a clockwise motion. Notice that the metal.

Then mount your fixture to that large flat mounting plate.