What happened
The call
The panel is cut from the same boards as the siding around it — same width, same reveal, same stain. Nothing on the face gives it away.
Open, it swings on a hinge set into the frame. Closed, it's held shut by magnets set in epoxy — strong enough to hold through wind and vibration, loose enough to pop open with a finger under the edge.
It sits low on the wall at a stone column, where a wire and transformer for deck lighting need a way back in without a hinged door standing out on the front of the house.
- Scope
- Cut-in access panel for a wire and transformer run behind the siding
- Fastening
- Magnets set in epoxy — no visible hinge or latch when it's shut
- Finish
- Stained and painted to match the field boards, cut edge sealed