How To Install Vinyl Siding Around Existing Windows

Trim the shims flush with the framing by scoring them with a utility knife and then snapping off the excess.

How to install vinyl siding around existing windows.

Then secure the panels with nails leaving 1 16 of an inch to 1 8 of an inch of the nail exposed to allow the vinyl siding to move as it expands. Cutting and installing the siding 1 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. If the result is a whole number you re in. It is best to use roofing nails for this.

Measure the window diagonally from corner to corner. Either remove the sash liners and springs or open the sash pockets and pull out the weights. The measurements should be the same. Fill the gaps between the window jambs and the framing members with loosely packed fiberglass insulation.

With the insulation backing in place install siding to within one row of the bottom of the window. Push the new vinyl unit into place tight against the outside stop and drive the mounting screws in the sides. Here we ll describe how to rework vinyl siding around a new window. To stiffen the trimmed section slide a length of utility trim.

All of the vinyl pieces have little holes on the top of them where nails can be inserted. Divide the length of each wall by 8 inches the width of a piece of siding. Then notch the next piece to fit. Remove the sash cord pulleys and stuff the weight pockets with fiberglass insulation.

If the existing window is fitted with aluminum tracks use a pair of pliers to pull out the staples holding the tracks in place. Begin by installing the first row of siding on both sides of the deck. 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. The vinyl siding should lock into one another with the siding locking edge locking into the coursing below.

If you have to cut the last row of siding you ll. Remove the old top sash.