On Dec 21, 6:53 pm, "John Grabowski" wrote:
"Terry" wrote in glegroups.com...

I am having vinyl trim put around my eaves. There are two existing
floodlights. I noticed when the installers removed the existing lights
from the box and left the wires connected and the light hanging. They
cut about an 1.5 in hole in the siding and that was it. The light was
then screwed in to the vinyl with one Sheetrock screw.

I told them that an extension ring was needed to extend the existing
box thru the vinyl and mount the fixture on that. They said that they
never do houses like that. Most of houses they do, he says, don't even
have a box. The electricians just run a wire out through a hole.

I can't believe that someone that installs this stuff daily can get by
with mounting light fixtures with sheet rock screws.

They are vinyl siding installers. You can't expect them to be qualified
electricians. I can't tell you how many electric services I have seen
hanging halfway off of the house because they did not reinstall the straps
properly. Call a qualified electrician to make things right.

I am guessing that more than half of all houses have at least one flood
light. That means that it is something they do regularly. I don't
expect vinyl siding installers to install or do any wiring except the
wiring they undid to install their siding. If you have to take a light
fixture down to do your job, you should be expected to put it back
properly. If this beyond the scope of your installers ability then you
should bring it to the attention of the owner before doing the job.