Mark on the siding where you plan to install exterior lighting using a pencil.
How to install outdoor light fixture on siding.
Step 2 slide the j hook under the piece of siding you need to remove to set the j block in place.
This guide also gives an outline of what is involved in installing line voltage lighting.
Remove portions of the vinyl siding on either side of the installation location to install the vinyl mounting block.
Twist the ground wire coming from your light fixture to the ground wire coming from the wall using a clockwise motion.
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 your wire cap on to secure the two wires.
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.
Make sure they are firmly connected.
Then mount your fixture to that large flat mounting plate.
Cut a mounting block out of 1 inch lumber to mount a fixture on vinyl or clapboard siding.
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.
Yours will be 4 round so cut on those marks the snap it on.
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Twist the white wire from the light fixture to the white wire coming from the wall using a clockwise motion.
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.
Mounting box with built in electrical box.
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Push the wire through the cable connecter then screw the block to the sheathing.
The block should be rectangular and large enough to accommodate the base of the fixture.