Installing Vinyl Siding Around Windows And Doors

It usually comes in 10 inch wide rolls that can be cut into 5 inch wide strips with the tinner s snips.

Installing vinyl siding around windows and doors.

To prevent the relatively thin panels from buckling observe these fitting and nailing rules. Inspect the flashing and building wrap around the window. Longer siding panels don t stretch as readily as smaller ones so they re not as easy to adjust if they get out of whack. This will be used at the top and sides of your window.

Roofing nails should be hammered in every eight inches. With vinyl siding aluminum is the best material for flashing. Should doors and windows be replaced before installing vinyl siding. Vinyl siding installation is designed to hang loosely on the sheathing so that it can expand and contract with temperature changes.

The flashing is crucial for creating a watertight seal around windows and doors. A install the building paper. Apply a bead of caulk to the felt and set the window in the caulk. Cut a 1 inch notch out.

Install the tops first then the sides and then the bottoms of the window surrounds. Continue cutting j molding for the remaining sides of the window and continue the process of nailing them. Along the tops install j channel trim with horizontal siding and base trim with vertical siding. At the top tuck metal drip cap flashing under the siding and on top of the second layer of wrap.

Gap at all ends. Place the siding where you want it and mark it a quarter inch from the edge. Install the trim just under the drip cap. Install j channels at doors and windows and under roof eaves and rakes.

Cut the trim so it is two channel widths longer than the opening s width. When installing vinyl siding on each side of a window or door start on the side that needs the longer panels. Install the snipped j molding along the bottom of the window. Use tin snips to cut a length of j molding 2 inches longer than the width of the window.

Cutting and installing the molding. Ensure that the flashing along the bottom of the window overlaps the nailing hem of.