How To Install Vinyl Shake Siding Around A Window

Installing vinyl shake siding.

How to install vinyl shake siding around a window.

With the insulation backing in place install siding to within one row of the bottom of the window. Nail the starter strip to the siding aligning the top of the strip with the chalk line. However vinyl is much easier to remove modify and install than any other type of siding so don t let it deter you if you want to add a new window move a door or build an addition. Take special care not to crease the wrap or flashings.

Next measure and cut the siding to fit the measurements of your soffit and push each panel into the j channel. 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. To install vinyl siding to the soffit and fascia area on your home nail lengths of j channel along the inner edge of the fascia leaving the nail heads out about 1 32 to 1 16 of an inch. Nail vertical vinyl corners to the corners of the house making sure they are plumb.

To prepare the exterior walls apply building wrap for a water resistant barrier beneath the shingles. Pop a level chalk line for the starter strip an inch or two above the bottom of the siding. If you are thinking of installing vinyl siding around your home but have a bay window which you are not sure how to apply the siding to then you may be unsure how to proceed. A bay window can be an awkward thing to fit any facing on and the stiffened siding can be somewhat difficult to place around curves and lumps at the best of times.

Then notch the next piece to fit. To stiffen the trimmed section slide a length of utility trim.