Hiding Wires Under Siding

I have tucked cat5 under the j channel at the bottom of my siding back when i thought i needed to hide the wires.

Hiding wires under siding.

This invisible wire solution is a non invasive and low cost alternative to cutting holes in the. 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. Sewell direct offers ghost wire that s a spool of 16 awg speaker wire about the width and thickness of duct tape. Link to post share on other sites.

Since then the cables were installed in conduit. 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. 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. Old vinyl siding may be brittle and more likely to crack.

For example coaxial cable for satellite or cable television service can be hidden under vinyl siding for a cleaner appearance. Im about to deploy a bunch of poe surveillance cameras around the house exterior. My cable tv the old telephone wire and some of the hardwired network cat5 is permanently in there per association rules. Poe surveillance cameras cat cables under vinyl siding.

I try tucking this cable up but it keeps falling down. I don t think you will be able to get conduit directly under the siding without a protrusion. Exterior paneling and all exterior sidings hide cable behind siding hello all see below pic. I still tuck a heavy duty 120 volt extension cord under the corner molding going up to the second floor.

I did once run the grounding conductor for an ota tv antenna along one of the siding j channels so i guess ive already. What do folks think about running cat5 cables under vinyl siding and or along the siding edge channels. Posted in wiring closet. Ran the cables under the siding to a common entry point and into the basement.

From a c to cable. There are about 6 wires of just cable on top of gas electric. Jay556 0 jay556 0 members. That s the way i did my first home install.

If your siding is more than 15 years old consider a different method of hiding cables or take the risk of damaging the siding. Is there a clip or something that i can use to. Run ghost wire along wall. Match colour as best as possible and use existing channels.