New Siding Under Electric Box

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New siding under electric box.

You will need to buy a vinyl mounting block that matches. The home owner owns the meter socket. You might get away with pulling the meter and quickly remove the siding under it while the electrician is there. The meter is a big deal to not touch it.

This video is about installing mounting block to existing siding. The utility company owns the meter. Need advice for replacing siding piece behind meter box. For a good scrape and paint you will need time.

Box 20 69 box free delivery with 45 order. It to is screwd into the wall you will need the power company to come out break the seal remove the meter and unscrew the box you can then pull the siding. I ve installed siding many times before but always while working for someone else on new construction. I d cut the old siding more or less flush to the box extending the cuts straight down to the bottom leaving the old siding behind everything.

Drill through the wall and through the siding to mark the location for the new outlet. White polypropylene mini mounting block for siding model 146100001 10 68 10 68. They will reattach and place a new seal on 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.

Then use 1x4 s cut to proper width to frame in the old siding and creating a clean edge for your foam and new siding to butt against. Also for cementitious fiber rigid lap. You can hide it later with the outlet cover plate. Both the utility company and an electrician need to be involved.

If you want to repair or paint under the meter housing that will be another deal altogether. Don t worry if you make a small hole in the drywall. There is an existing electric meter mounted w the large cable coming down the side of the house vertically from the roof and continuing to the basement. Malco srt2 straight handled siding removal tool.

Low profile in box for new construction stucco textured surfaces and rigid siding one piece recessed electrical box with weatherproof in use cover for stucco over masonry or wood construction.