How To Replace Siding Behind Utility Boxes

Remove the nails in the corner cap.

How to replace siding behind utility boxes.

Cutting the nails will let you remove rotted boards without damaging those your e saving. Is this something a person can do without contacting the utility company. But what we do is take metal the same color as the siding and slip it behind the meter on all 4 sides and then j it out. Cut the nails at the bottom of the row above the boards you re replacing.

Use a small hacksaw with a sharp blade. If its one of those ones that requires you to pull the glass we leave it. On tuesday the utility company is going to be switching power on the outside of my house from a meter box that is installed into the siding and moving to a new meter box that was installed next to it over the siding. The conduit doesn t go through the piece i want to remove.

Subscribe to this old house. Since you have the metal you can put the top j a few inches above the box so you dont have to notch around the bushing. Once all the nails are removed from the adjoining board the damaged one should just pull out. I feel comfortable with electricity but i m guessing i will have to call my utility company.

Never side over the electric wires. Ask this old house general contractor tom silva helps a homeowner repair sections of his vinyl siding that have holes. Score down the damaged lap siding with a utility knife. Remove the nails on the lap board then use the claw of the hammer to split the board down the center image 1.

Need advice for replacing siding piece behind meter box.