How To Start Vinyl Siding Above Brick

Measure and mark the flashing to length with the measuring tape and a felt tip marker.

How to start vinyl siding above brick.

It protects the sheathing from rain snow and pests. Not just another vinyl siding installation video. My detail only shows how it should be capped and flashed if you do build it as shown. Install the flashing before you finish the top of the brick wall as the flashing must go behind the siding as well as behind and under the top.

Slide the bottom row of panels into place making sure to hook the bottom lip of each panel under the starting strip. Following a metal flashing should it start from starter strip or j channel. If the transition exceeds 10 feet in. How to transition from brick to siding.

How it s done step 1. In laying this out it brought up a question of how to start the siding from the top of the brick ledge. To provide a common reference point measure up 8 in. Begin by installing the first row of siding on both sides of the deck.

This is our most comprehensive. How to use flashing between brick siding. Next you ll drill holes through the furring strips and into the brick using the. This chalk line should be level and a consistent distance from the eaves or the top and bottom of the windows.

Secure the panels with a nail every 16 inches 40 6 cm or so remembering to center the nail in slot and leave 1 16 of the nail head above the vinyl siding to allow for movement and expansion. Use the wider starter strip the bottom of the starter strip the part the bottom panel hooks on to should be at least 1 in. I m thinking of installing vinyl siding above the brick wainscoting actually novabrik on our home. We cover how to move doors and windows and create a weather proof exterior.

Run the l shaped flashing up under the bottom row of siding so that it tucks under the final bottom. This is where the new siding will begin. Siding over brick exterior. Vinyl siding starter strips.

Attach the strips to the wall. Mark the locations for your furring strips. Yes the proper detail is to fur out the siding over the face of the brick with at least a 4 overlap. Below the top of the foundation but the lower the vinyl siding is installed the better.

Wear work gloves and cut. Measure the length of the transition the intersection where the brick meets the face of the wall.