How To Replace Siding Behind Utility Boxes

Since you have the metal you can put the top j a few inches above the box so you dont have to notch around the bushing.

How to replace siding behind utility boxes.

I feel comfortable with electricity but i m guessing i will have to call my utility company. Score down the damaged lap siding with a utility knife. Subscribe to this old house. But what we do is take metal the same color as the siding and slip it behind the meter on all 4 sides and then j it out.

If its one of those ones that requires you to pull the glass we leave it. Need advice for replacing siding piece behind meter box. Is this something a person can do without contacting the utility company. The conduit doesn t go through the piece i want to remove.

Use a small hacksaw with a sharp blade. Remove the nails on the lap board then use the claw of the hammer to split the board down the center image 1. Never side over the electric wires. On tuesday the utility company is going to be switching power on the outside of my house from a meter box that is installed into the siding and moving to a new meter box that was installed next to it over the siding.

Cut the nails at the bottom of the row above the boards you re replacing. Cutting the nails will let you remove rotted boards without damaging those your e saving. Remove the nails in the corner cap. I need to replace the siding behind my electric meter.

Ask this old house general contractor tom silva helps a homeowner repair sections of his vinyl siding that have holes.