How To Install Metal Siding Trim

This video shows the installation of siding j channel around doors and windows.

How to install metal siding trim.

Before we do that though we need to apply tape seal to the top side of the z so that we can install this for a weather tight finish. The metal siding will slide. Utilizing white or colored. Cut the trim so it is two channel widths longer than the opening s width.

The trim we used was the same type of material as our siding. The house had ugly faded baby blue vin. How to install j trim on steel buildings step 1. Bevel cuts for siding soffit and trim.

So we used the miter saw to cut them and the same type of nails to install them. Along the tops install j channel trim with horizontal siding and base trim with vertical siding. Attach the j trim along the line that will form the upper edge of the metal siding. Check out how my wife and i used ribbed metal roofing panels to side our barn house during our exterior renovation.

We install the trim by attaching it to the z trim using pop rivets. Applying the j channel 1. Trim needs to be installed so water can drain correctly. Nail the j trim horizontally along both sides of any interior corners.

Install j channel along the. Create a curve in the aluminum to produce a rounded trim edge by using the aviation snips. Things to note when adding trim. Cut the aluminum trim coil to the required length using aviation snips or a utility knife depending on the metal thickness.

Install the tops first then the sides and then the bottoms of the window surrounds. At an interior corner the siding will. The corner posts are the pieces of siding that will. Install the corner posts that came with your metal siding first.

Here is an example of the cuts around a window. Now that the door is prepped the trim can be added. Use a straightedge to guide the utility knife to make a neat cut. Portable brake for job site bending of custom trim sections such as fascia trim window casing and sill trim a portable metal bending machine brake is extremely useful.

Nail j channel along the bottom of the wall you re working on.