Hiding Wires Under Siding

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Hiding wires under siding.

Hiding cables are an easy if you follow a couple rules of thumb follow building lines. Here s how to add outlets safely with surface wiring. Extend the fish tape. That in conjunction with opening up some sheathing on the outside to get wires routed on the correct side of the wall may clean things up a bit.

I have tucked cat5 under the j channel at the bottom of my siding back when i thought i needed to hide the wires. The only real solution to hide electrical wires on the outside of a wall is to incorporate some type of cable management system in the form of a cable or a wire raceway. Match colour as best as possible and use existing channels. You can paint the raceway to match the wall or trim.

You ll find them in various shapes and sizes to work with the length and width of your wires. How to hide cables in vinyl siding step 1. You could even use some duct seal or silicone to hold it in place. Use some clothes pins to hold it in place until the silicone dries.

Pull up gently on the lower lip of the vinyl siding where you wish to hide the cable. I still tuck a heavy duty 120 volt extension cord under the corner molding going up to the second floor. At this install the customer moved from another home and was renting a bsmt suite at the new house. The vinyl should flex.

There are lots of clips that use two sided tape in the electrical section of the hardware big box store. Insert the hooked tip of the fish tape into the gap and push the tip a few inches behind the siding before. Basic type of job all cable runs are on one side. As much as i don t care for it most retrofit a c installs i ve seen use a downspout to conceal the lineset and wires.