How to Install Vinyl Mounting Block

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10 ай бұрын

Avoid the common mistake of installing an exterior light directly on top of vinyl siding.
Installing a vinyl mounting block on new construction. I’ll complete it with installing the exterior light on the mounting block.
12.6" x 8.6" Jumbo Mounting Block at Menards www.menards.com/main/p-144444...

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@leepatterson4435 Күн бұрын

Wow, just what I needed to see. I'm installing lights on my garage and you showed exactly what I was looking for. Thank you! Liked and Subscribed.

@JakeKumar 14 күн бұрын

Best video I've seen to do this. Thank you so much for creating this!

@adammackinnon2573 9 ай бұрын

Perfect video, not too long or too short. Straight to the point and it all looks legit (proper junction box). Alot of you tubers giving inaccurate direction to DIYers. I certainly don't know everything and rely on people like you. I've watched 10 videos on this as everyone does it a bit different but this was the most correct IMO based on my newly gain knowledge. Good job.

@mamaschool333 5 ай бұрын

It took me about 7 or 8 videos before I found someone actually doing this to code and using an octagon box. Good grief. This video is so helpful. We had vinyl siding guys do our house, and now our light fixtures are wobbly. When I remove a fixture, they never cut out the center of the vinyl box... the octagon box is hidden beneath and too deep. Now I know what the structure of the vinyl box is so I can pop it out, cut a hole, and hopefully adjust the octagon.

@mazinman3 7 ай бұрын

But what about retrofitting a mounting block for a junction box (for a porch light) already in place on vinyl siding??

@samuelkingentrepreneur 7 ай бұрын

If it were mine I would take off a few PCs of siding and install the block then reinstall the siding

@dean3583 8 ай бұрын

He’s a smart contractor and that’s very rare these days.

@KelikakuCoutin 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the content. Keep up the good work. בס'ד

@pctatc66 9 ай бұрын

can you provide a link for where you got the mounting block?

@samuelkingentrepreneur 9 ай бұрын

Sorry, I should have done that in the beginning. 12.6" x 8.6" Jumbo Mounting Block at Menards Home Depot would have something very similar

@nkel6111 2 ай бұрын

stay away from el cheapo known as menard. home depot and loewes give us retired military MARINES 10% off...menards..NO WAY

@sqqqrly7750 Ай бұрын

You can also take some siding off to match it. Find a building supply that sells your brand, and buy it there. My blocks are all clay colored for example.

@sqqqrly7750 Ай бұрын

I would tape the top of the box. Nice vid though.

@mikewalker1573 9 ай бұрын

You can’t install the light fixture until after the vinyl siding has been put up.

@KelikakuCoutin 9 ай бұрын

Also, after he installed it, there was no bulb in it; but at the end of the video, even though he didn't install any bulb, there mysteriously was a bulb inside of the fixture. I just had to re-watch it to make sure. Very many millenials do not know how to install a light bulb, yet in the video it's not shown how the light bulb was screwed into the socket. The fixture will not work without a light bulb. There will be no light.

@thomasvarney723 9 ай бұрын

Why?

@KelikakuCoutin 9 ай бұрын

@@thomasvarney723 Because of Bidenomics. If you install the lights, then cover it with the siding, when the light turns on, it will illuminate the inside of the wall instead of the outside. This was proven during the disasterous withdrawal of Afghanistan.

@ACEGAMER120 8 ай бұрын

Huh? There's literally no reason you can't install the light first if you're using a mounting J-block like this. The siding goes around the mounting block.

@thomasvarney723 8 ай бұрын

But really, what makes you say that? I had an electrician tell me he also wanted siding up before installing light boxes.

@priceandpride 9 ай бұрын

Your accent is unusual, where are you from?

@KelikakuCoutin 9 ай бұрын

I'm wondering too. I have my suspicions.

@bryangonzalez29 8 ай бұрын

By the looks of how he dresses I bet he’s Amish

@KelikakuCoutin 8 ай бұрын

@@bryangonzalez29 This is also my suspicion, even most country farmboys and cowboys don't have that ability to work (in terms of stamina) and don't have that kind of know-how these days. The video where he puts on that roof single handed in only a short matter of time, even a professional roofer wouldn't have the ability or the wherewithall to do that.