How To Trim Vinyl Siding Around Door

Cut the vinyl 1.

How to trim vinyl siding around door.

Insert one nail every 8 inches. The bottom of the starter strip should be 1 2 inch below the bottom of the boxing. Along the tops install j channel trim with horizontal siding and base trim with vertical siding. Windows door and garage trim.

This will provide a continuous barrier to water. The trim you choose can turn an average doorway into an inviting entry. Pry off trim molding surrounding the existing door if applicable with the flat end of a pry bar. You will need to remove the siding around the garage door to access and remove the nailing strips nails receiver or j channels that hold the trim in place.

After a closed garage you can cut windows and doors and use a sheath masking tape to cover the tape to the windows and doors. If you have not specified the type of door and window trim you prefer with your contractor you may end up with the basica universal j channel the trim most installers use as a default. Cut the trim so it is two channel widths longer than the opening s width. Install j channels at doors and windows and under roof eaves and rakes.

Mark the perimeter of the opening for the new door onto the vinyl siding with a carpenter s pencil in the location. Cut a piece of vinyl starter strip with aviation snips 1 2 inch shorter than the measurement and attach it with 2 inch roofing nails to the bottom of the wall between the corner and the j mold trim. 1 remove the vinyl panel directly above. Start at one end of the vinyl siding trim around garage door and hold straight down the garage and wake up when you fast to the wall.