Only mount speakers on solid wood or masonry.
Mounting outdoor speakers to aluminum siding.
They are used for attaching things like outdoor receptacles light fixtures and service boxes to.
Feed the cable through the hole in the back of the vinyl mounting block and set the block against the siding.
If you have aluminum or vinyl siding you ll need to drill through the siding go through the narrower part at the top to the material beneath likely wood plywood or studs to anchor the wood screws.
If you want to hang something from your vinyl siding don t even think about drilling through it to attach a hook to the sheathing.
This can cause vibrations which will lower the sound quality or the speakers can fall entirely.
Use the included brackets.
You need to get a vinyl siding mounting block.
Siding itself is not strong enough to hold a speaker.
Avoid mounting on cedar or aluminum siding otherwise the speakers may start to sag.
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Be sure to measure the siding.
The vinyl or aluminum siding by itself isn t strong enough to support the weight of a speaker and the bracket will sag.
The patented siding saver mounting bracket helps you quickly and easily mount anything requiring a flat surface to exterior vinyl siding aluminum siding and even wood and clapboard.
Outdoor speaker brackets are already treated for weather.
To drill into siding go near the top of the siding where it s most narrow.
Try it and the siding will sag and potentially drop your speaker.
It is pre notched to follow the contours of the siding.
There are at least three alternative ways to do it.
So drill a hole insert an anchor and then bolt the mounting bracket into place.