Thread: Vinyl siding and receptacle

I'm about to start running some vinyl siding, and I'm not sure how to trim out the outside receptacle.

I have these cool siding blocks for electrical, but there is so little vinyl siding out here I don't have a good reference to check out. We are under the current electrical code.

What I was thinking was that you would cut out the back box so that the weather proof box would be flush with the trim plate. I can adjust the depth of the w/p box by using spacer pieces behind it to bring it out to the edge of the siding. I will have 1" of foam and then about 1" of siding on top of the wrap. You could mount the in-use cover directly to the outside of the trim plate and w/p box. Does anyone know how this is usually done to be in compliance?

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Jim, the master mounts in the pics are typically used for mounting lights, receptacles are usually installed using a mini mount (at least that is what they are called around here).

So the box would go inside that one, fitting along the channel? That would work pretty easily as well. I have some split recessed for my hose bibs. Maybe I will see if they are the same format.

Originally Posted by Jim Robinson

I have some split recessed for my hose bibs. Maybe I will see if they are the same format.

Yep, that's it.

they make a wide range of recepticle boxes for vinyl siding.
the one you show in the pictures is for surface mounting of wall lights.
they have electrical boxes that give you a recessed box for an outlet.
they even come with the outlet built in.
Also check out this site, it has an instalation manual for siding and accesories http://www.abtco.com/kp_abtco/docs/A...tructions_.pdf

Mike

Originally Posted by Jim Robinson

I'm about to start running some vinyl siding, and I'm not sure how to trim out the outside receptacle.

I have these cool siding blocks for electrical, but there is so little vinyl siding out here I don't have a good reference to check out. We are under the current electrical code.

What I was thinking was that you would cut out the back box so that the weather proof box would be flush with the trim plate. I can adjust the depth of the w/p box by using spacer pieces behind it to bring it out to the edge of the siding. I will have 1" of foam and then about 1" of siding on top of the wrap. You could mount the in-use cover directly to the outside of the trim plate and w/p box. Does anyone know how this is usually done to be in compliance?