Vinyl siding has many advantages, but if you have it on your house you may have difficulty figuring out a way to hang anything else on the house. Whether you want to hang Christmas decorations, a window box, or your favorite garden themed plaque, you will have the same difficulty. It is simply not advisable to drill holes in vinyl siding. This is because by doing so you could let moisture in under the siding, where it would become trapped and could lead to mold and other unpleasant things. This is particularly a problem with vinyl siding because the siding itself won’t absorb the moisture, and also because of the way the panels are hung. Because vinyl with expand and contract with the weather, the panels are hung loosely, which means moisture can become trapped underneath them.

To avoid making a hole in your vinyl siding, then, you have two main options. The first is to use some sort of adhesive and the other is to use a hook that can slip under a panel. For lightweight items the adhesive might be the more simple option; you can buy adhesive hooks at any general purpose store. Check the package to find out their weight limit before attempting to hang something from them. Most of these are removable as well.

Home improvement stores often carry vinyl siding hooks that are especially made to use with vinyl siding. You push them up in between the panels and hook them over the top of the lower one. They generally hold twelve pounds each, so they are appropriate for use with larger objects, but you should be sure to purchase the right number for the thing you want to hang.

If neither of these methods seems to work for you, a third would be to suspend a string, such as a fishing line, from the edge of your gutter. You can tie it to the spreader bar or the ferrel (that part that attaches it to the eaves). All of these methods have the advantage that they will not damage your vinyl siding and they can be easily removed.