How To Install Outdoor Light Fixture On Siding
Yours will be 4 round so cut on those marks the snap it on.
How to install outdoor light fixture on siding. 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. 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. Mark on the siding where you plan to install exterior lighting using a pencil. Remove portions of the vinyl siding on either side of the installation location to install the vinyl mounting block.
This project guide will show you how to install low voltage landscape lighting and solar powered lights. The block should be rectangular and large enough to accommodate the base of the fixture. 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. Mounting box with built in electrical box.
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. Then mount your fixture to that large flat mounting plate. Push the wire through the cable connecter then screw the block to the sheathing. Notice that the metal.
However it is recommended that this type of. This guide also gives an outline of what is involved in installing line voltage lighting. Then you snap on the mounting plate. 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. You then reinstall your siding cutting it to fit around the box leaving approximately 3 8 for expansion and contraction. Twist the ground wire coming from your light fixture to the ground wire coming from the wall using a clockwise motion. Make sure they are firmly connected.
Installing outdoor light fixture on vinyl siding we bought our home recently with existing vinyl siding and the porch light by the back door is missing.