You ll need specialty tools like this zip tool to work with installing vinyl siding.
How to put vinyl siding around windows.
Mark the siding at 1 4 inch past the edge of each.
But if the result is not a whole number you will need to cut the final piece of siding lengthwise in order to fill in.
Divide the length of each wall by 8 inches the width of a piece of siding.
Slide the zip tool under the butt edge.
Installing vinyl siding in these 23 steps step 1.
Working with vinyl siding.
Overlap all of the butt joints by 1 inch and do not caulk the joints.
Soffit and fascia starting with the soffit nail lengths of j channel against the inner edge of the fascia board.
If the result is a whole number you re in.
You ll need a zip tool to remove siding.
We ended up cutting the piece and placing a joint above the window and then completed the row with a longer length of vinyl.
Get professional looking watertight results with these residing techniques.
If you have to cut the last row of siding you ll.
If you have to use new vinyl the colors won t match.