Hiding Wires Under Siding

Old vinyl siding may be brittle and more likely to crack.

Hiding wires under siding.

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. If your siding is more than 15 years old consider a different method of hiding cables or take the risk of damaging the siding. This invisible wire solution is a non invasive and low cost alternative to cutting holes in the.

It has a strong adhesive on one side so it can be easily run along walls floors and under carpets. Match colour as best as possible and use existing channels. Since then the cables were installed in conduit. Link to post share on other sites.

That s the way i did my first home install. Run ghost wire along wall. Im about to deploy a bunch of poe surveillance cameras around the house exterior. I did once run the grounding conductor for an ota tv antenna along one of the siding j channels so i guess ive already.

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. Sewell direct offers ghost wire that s a spool of 16 awg speaker wire about the width and thickness of duct tape. I had no problems with image quality. Exterior paneling and all exterior sidings hide cable behind siding hello all see below pic.

I don t think you will be able to get conduit directly under the siding without a protrusion. 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. Posted in wiring closet. Hiding cables are an easy if you follow a couple rules of thumb follow building lines.

Jay556 0 jay556 0 members. I have tucked cat5 under the j channel at the bottom of my siding back when i thought i needed to hide the wires. Is there a clip or something that i can use to. From a c to cable.

I try tucking this cable up but it keeps falling down. There are about 6 wires of just cable on top of gas electric. 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. I still tuck a heavy duty 120 volt extension cord under the corner molding going up to the second floor.