On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 08:05:58 -0400, "Bill Kearney"
wrote:

My suggestion for anyone who does care, is that vinyl siding is a great
conduit for cable of any kind. I have run cat5 through vinyl siding.
Just drill two holes in the sheetrock and sheathing, one at the source
of the cable and the other at the destination, run the cable under the
siding after unzipping the siding panel, down or up at the corner
channels if necessary, and into the destination room. Use boxes with
connectors for the source and destination holes for a neater connection.

What does code say about this? You're talking about running wires
essentially externally. That and I'd worry about the long term issues with
something else going through the siding at a later date. Why introduce a
headache for the next homeowner when they discover someone put wires
improperly underneath the siding? That and fire code issues with the jacket
material catching fire and acting as a fuse taking the fire to other areas
it might not otherwise.


You're allowed to run coax and cat-5 right up the side of the
house OUTSIDE the siding if you want to, it's just ugly as hell.
The only thing I'd add is, seal the penetrations with
caulk or foam to limit wind and insect penetration.