How To Install Light On Clapboard Siding

Learn how to make sure roof shingles go down straight exterior lights don t leak and baseboards go in with a finished edge.

How to install light on clapboard siding.

Make up a surface block or try to buy one to fit siding profile and mount box in surface block. Using a table saw rip 1 1 2 inches off the top of a clapboard for a starter strip. Seeing that fence post today standing plumb and solid makes me feel glad that all the steps i did were well worth it. Contractors are installing the cedar trim casing and grounds and continue on to begin installing the clapboard siding.

Hole saw a 5 hole in siding and use same holesaw to cut a 5 slug of trim board to insert in hole. In the case of a light fixture you can use a specially molded light weight house siding mounting bracket that sits over the clapboard. Secure it to every other stud with one 7d nail. Although it was dirty and hard work i enjoyed every minute of it.

Here we ve compiled his best how to tips for stress free diy projects. By carter silva on february 6 2015. In every issue toh master carpenter norm abram dishes out advice to readers in his tricks of the trade column. How to install wood lap clapboard or beveled siding part 1.

Cut a mounting block out of 1 inch lumber to mount a fixture on vinyl or clapboard siding. Prop its thickest edge 1 8 inch above the water table. Installing wood siding is not an overly difficult process but there are some keys to a successful project. Installing mounting blocks for electrical boxes mounting a new light fixture or other item onto a clapboard or vinyl sided home can be problematic due to the fact that the house siding is not a flat surface.

Line up the lower edge or butt edge of the first full width clapboard so that it covers the starter strip and lies a hair above the water table. The block should be rectangular and large enough to accommodate the base of the fixture. Co written by emanuel silva. Natural wood siding lap clapboard or beveled is still a common exterior finish.