How To Install Vinyl Siding Around Electric Meter
The service from this house has been cut.
How to install vinyl siding around electric meter. I need to replace the siding behind my electric meter. The conduit doesn t go through the piece i want to remove. So j around the meter panel and. I m gonna put together a bid on a vinyl job.
The meter just has 4 screws attached to it. As far as those siding guys are concerned they usually install j channel around the meter socket just like you would do around a window do not attempt to get the siding behind the meter. As an alternative installation of specific types of drop in contoured foam underlayments for various styles of vinyl siding are available. It sounds though like someone electrician or sider should put a panel behind the meters and when the siding.
I feel comfortable with electricity but i m guessing i will have to call my utility company. There is an existing electric meter mounted w the large cable coming down the side of the house vertically from the roof and continuing to the basement. Is this something a person can do without contacting the utility company. Since the sider told the electrician to install the meters this way i felt i had to trust him and my builder is on vacation right now since rough carpentry is finished so i can t reach him.
Some manufacturers of vinyl siding do not recommend the use of drop in backers with certain vinyl siding configurations.