Light on Hardie Siding

[busman]

Has anyone ever had a contractor install Hardie (horizontal lap) and just make a cut-out for the existing Gem box? I thought they were supposed to install a "mounting block" just like with vinyl siding. The box is too close to the seam to install the light without it spanning the seam. Any great ideas?

Thanks,

Mark

 

[Dennis Alwon]

The good builders that I work for will mount a block but you have to watch the non-custom builders otherwise no block is installed. The NEC does not req. a mounting block but depending on the fixture you may need to caulk it well-- yuck..

 

[busman]

Thanks Dennis. Yeah, I just wanted to keep it from looking like CR&P if possible. Here comes the caulk.

Mark

 

[esox39]

Do your best and caulk the rest!!

 

[ceb58]

http://www.arlcatalog.com/Siding/Siding Box Kits.htm

If they want to pay for a nice install if not caulk it.

 

[LarryFine]

Better yet, look starting on page K4 here: http://www.arlcatalog.com/Siding/siding.pdf

 

[danickstr]

Arlington also makes a siding box for GFI's that you might be able to cut up and use for the sides, if you really want to make something custom. Not sure how much you want to put into it.

 

[kwired]

I have used a scrap piece of siding and the same caulk the siding installer uses that matches the color of the siding (if prepainted kind) to make a block behind the portion where the fixture covers more than one lap of siding. Make it just a little larger and maybe the same contour as the fixture and you hardly notice it is there.

Of course if you don't show up until the siding guys are gone as well as all their scraps you are out of luck.

 

[bpk]

I have taken a short piece of scrap siding about 6" long and used the same fasteners the siding guys use (so it matches) and nailed the piece on upside down. That way the upside down piece offsets the overlap of the siding and your box will sit flat, it sounds stupid but it works well and looks good.

 

[kwired]

I have taken a short piece of scrap siding about 6" long and used the same fasteners the siding guys use (so it matches) and nailed the piece on upside down. That way the upside down piece offsets the overlap of the siding and your box will sit flat, it sounds stupid but it works well and looks good.

That is basically what I was trying to describe of how I have done it before. I do not nail the piece on however I use the caulk they use around doors and windows that matches the siding and glue it on with that and caulk around it because the cut ends look horrible if you don't caulk around it.