One mounting ear on the box can easily be attached to the tail end of a rafter or truss but the other ear will probably not have any wood structure behind it.
Junction box vinyl soffit.
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For brick or stucco siding mount the box with masonry anchors.
Another idea would be to put a small piece of of wood in the space of the block to shim out some structure to screw a pancake box into through the vinyl cover.
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Simply drive galvanized deck screws through the mounting lugs.
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Using 8 sheet metal screws secure the junction box to the soffit.
For smooth vertical mounting of light fixtures on all siding types.
It should be a snug fit.
Install proper bracing a simple 2x4 between the rafters should be fine and attach the electrical box to it.
Siding mounting kits with built in box.
Thu sep 21 2017 1 53 am if you mount the pancake box under the vinyl cover on the osb you run into the problem where it won t be flush with the vinyl block cover.
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For vinyl siding over composition board use hollow wall anchors.
Then mark and cut a hole for the electrical box in the soffit cover.
If you have lap siding wood hardboard fiber cement or plywood sheathing mount the junction box to the house using exterior grade fasteners.
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For vinyl soffits slide the neutral wire through the pvc conduit then slide the pvc just through the hole in the soffit.
Vinyl or aluminum soffit usually just hangs between a channel on the wall and the fascia.