How To Install Vinyl Siding Around Bay Windows

Use this tool by inserting it where a piece of vinyl overlaps a piece below it and then sliding it across until you reach the end of.

How to install vinyl siding around bay windows.

Use a siding removal tool. Measure the width of the piece you need to cut by holding the length of siding against the window and marking the edge points on the panel with a pencil. Lock the notched. Cut a length of drip edge to fit over the top of the window then slide it between the siding and the building paper.

Measure the distance from the inside top of the j channel to the locking tab of the course below and subtract 1 4. This video shows two ways to trim around bay and bow windows when installing vinyl siding. Place the piece of siding to be installed under the window along the bottom edge and hold it where it will be located. 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.

Install siding around windows. When you come to the bay window place the vinyl siding on both sides as closely as you can and screw it tightly to the wall at the edge of the window. If your bay window is on the second floor then you should install all of the vinyl on the first floor without any problems. If it has a nailing fin apply the caulk to the back of the fin.

Remove the pieces of vinyl siding from around the window area. If it has brick mold apply a continuous bead of caulk around the opening. Complete the corner cuts with a sharp chisel. Extract nails keeping the vinyl pieces in place in order to prepare vinyl pieces to be removed.

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