On Fri, 05 Dec 2014 06:51:55 -0600, philo* wrote:

On 12/05/2014 06:17 AM, Nonah wrote:
I would like to install an outlet on the front of my house. I can do
this a couple of ways. Since there is an outlet on the inside of the
house opposite of where I want to place the outdoor one, I could simply
drill a hole and tap into the one indoors. Problem is that my house is
sided with asbestos shingles and I really don't think it's a good idea
plus I am considering vinyl siding the house in the next few years.


No need to make things complicated, the above method will work fine.
(I did the same thing to my house about 20 years ago.)
If the shingles are simply those "tar-paper imitation brick" the
asbestos is impregnated in the tar and any minute amount you'd dislodge
would not be a health hazard.
Having an outlet there would pose no problem to vinyl siding.

Of course you will have a GFCI outlet and a weather proof box.







Option two is more complicated, but I think more feasible in the long
term. My outdoor patio, which is screened in and attached to the house,
has an outdoor plug. This plug is on the opposite side of the house.
I'm thinking I could tap into it, run conduit around the foundation
attached at various spots and then end with the plug where I want it. I
would not have to go under doors and the benefit is that if I ever get
siding, none of that would have to be removed because it's below the
siding. I have one problem though and that is that I'm not sure how to
tap into the patio outlet. It lies about 6 feet from the outside of the
house within the screened in section of the patio. There's no way I
could go horizontal within the wall because there's studs between where
it lies and the outside. The goal would be to somehow get a wire
branched off from that plug to the foundation-- from there I can run the
conduit to where I want the outdoor plug.

The only other option I can think of, and I don't even know if it's
possible, is following through with the first option except drilling the
tap hole between the indoor plug, which lies a couple of feet above the
foundation, between the indoor junction box and foundation with the hole
exiting from the foundation. Being two feet higher would make the angle
quite steep and I'm not even sure I have a good enough drill to go
through that much foundation. The outlet though would still end up
attached to the foundation and not the siding.

Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Nonah
I ASS u me it is the Johns Manville type asbestos cement siding he is
referring to.. Still no problem - wear a dust mask and wet the siding
if you are paranoid.