Hiding Wires Under Siding

The only real solution to hide electrical wires on the outside of a wall is to incorporate some type of cable management system in the form of a cable or a wire raceway.

Hiding wires under siding.

At this install the customer moved from another home and was renting a bsmt suite at the new house. Use some clothes pins to hold it in place until the silicone dries. My cable tv the old telephone wire and some of the hardwired network cat5 is permanently in there per association rules. Here s how to add outlets safely with surface wiring.

Basic type of job all cable runs are on one side. That in conjunction with opening up some sheathing on the outside to get wires routed on the correct side of the wall may clean things up a bit. The vinyl should flex. How to hide cables in vinyl siding step 1.

Approval was confirmed with the owner and i started the j. You could even use some duct seal or silicone to hold it in place. Extend the fish tape. I have tucked cat5 under the j channel at the bottom of my siding back when i thought i needed to hide the wires.

There are lots of clips that use two sided tape in the electrical section of the hardware big box store. Insert the hooked tip of the fish tape into the gap and push the tip a few inches behind the siding before. Pull up gently on the lower lip of the vinyl siding where you wish to hide the cable. Hiding cables are an easy if you follow a couple rules of thumb follow building lines.

You can paint the raceway to match the wall or trim. As much as i don t care for it most retrofit a c installs i ve seen use a downspout to conceal the lineset and wires. You ll find them in various shapes and sizes to work with the length and width of your wires. If you can t simply hide low voltage wire under rugs and behind furniture try using plastic raceways along the trim.