How To Install Vinyl Siding Around Doors And Windows

Along the tops install j channel trim with horizontal siding and base trim with vertical siding.

How to install vinyl siding around doors and windows.

Draw a line on the wall along the top of each siding course before you pull the nails. Siding installation repair tips for installing vinyl brick mold around doors and windows written by jen s. Slide the zip tool under the butt edge of the siding hook the locking edge and pull down. Install door window trim.

Roofing nails should be hammered in every eight inches. Continue cutting j molding for the remaining sides of the window and continue the process of nailing them. Next comes another layer of building wrap installed like the first layer. Always refer to the installation guide on the particular vinyl siding that you re installing but most vinyl siding panels should overlap each other by at least an inch.

On nov 21 2010. Install the snipped j molding along the bottom of the window. Then slide the tool horizontally along the lock to release it. Lift the unlocked siding to expose the nailing hem of the siding piece below.

To ensure our content is always up to date with current information best practices and professional advice articles are routinely reviewed by industry experts with years of hands on experience. Install the tops first then the sides and then the bottoms of the window surrounds. Install the cut pieces of siding above and below the windows as normal. Mark the siding at 1 4 inch past the edge of each.

From the top of this row and stretch a string line across the deck. Apply a bead of caulk to the felt and set the window in the caulk. 8 install the top row of siding. Place the siding where you want it and mark it a quarter inch from the edge.

Place the piece of siding to be installed under the window along the bottom edge and hold it where it will be located horizontally along the wall. On hot days because the siding will contract when the temperature drops. Install the trim just under the drip cap. To provide a common reference point measure up 8 in.

Begin by installing the first row of siding on both sides of the deck.