You can buy a vinyl mounting blocks with a preinstalled electric box to mount a fixture on vinyl siding.
How to install light on siding.
I live in a 30 year old house with 30 year old vinyl siding.
Use a malco sideswiper to unlock and rehook the siding then install something like this.
If you ve connected the electric cable to power be sure the power is off before you connect the light.
Feed the cable.
You would remove that light and clean off the caulking.
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Run electric cable from the nearest.
Drill a 1 2 inch hole in the siding at the location where you want the fixture.
Mounting box with built in electrical box.
The one above and around your existing fixture.
How to put on new exterior light fixtures with aluminum siding 1.
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.
Push the wire through the cable connecter then screw the block to the sheathing.
The siding isn t flat so i was wondering how to install exterior lights by my entry doors so that the base of the light sits flush on the siding.