Hiding Wires Under Siding

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Hiding wires under siding.

Old vinyl siding may be brittle and more likely to crack. Posted in wiring closet. If your house is wrapped with osb under the siding you can remove a couple of sections of siding in the area you want the wire run modify the osb by cutting a groove in it and laying the conduit in the groove replacing the siding over the area. Match colour as best as possible and use existing channels.

Sewell direct offers ghost wire that s a spool of 16 awg speaker wire about the width and thickness of duct tape. Poe surveillance cameras cat cables under vinyl siding. For example coaxial cable for satellite or cable television service can be hidden under vinyl siding for a cleaner appearance. I try tucking this cable up but it keeps falling down.

If your siding is more than 15 years old consider a different method of hiding cables or take the risk of damaging the siding. Hiding cables are an easy if you follow a couple rules of thumb follow building lines. Jay556 0 jay556 0 members. I don t think you will be able to get conduit directly under the siding without a protrusion.

I still tuck a heavy duty 120 volt extension cord under the corner molding going up to the second floor. That s the way i did my first home install. Most or the cable lays flat on the ground rocks i don t wanna throw the wires over the top of the new siding but i feel as tho ill need to. Run ghost wire along wall.

I did once run the grounding conductor for an ota tv antenna along one of the siding j channels so i guess ive already. There are about 6 wires of just cable on top of gas electric. I can t hide the cable wires due to the fact that they run into each room of the house form the outside of the house. What do folks think about running cat5 cables under vinyl siding and or along the siding edge channels.

My cable tv the old telephone wire and some of the hardwired network cat5 is permanently in there per association rules. Is there a clip or something that i can use to. It has a strong adhesive on one side so it can be easily run along walls floors and under carpets. Since then the cables were installed in conduit.

This invisible wire solution is a non invasive and low cost alternative to cutting holes in the. I have tucked cat5 under the j channel at the bottom of my siding back when i thought i needed to hide the wires. Ran the cables under the siding to a common entry point and into the basement. Link to post share on other sites.