How To Install Vinyl Siding Around Windows

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How to install vinyl siding around windows.

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. Gap at all ends. Siding must be cut in lengths to provide for expansion. 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.

Instruction on how to install exterior 2x4 trim around a new or old window. Use a hammer or a drill to take out any nails or screws that are holding the window in place. Then notch the next piece to fit. To stiffen the trimmed section slide a length of utility trim.

Allow a 1 4 in. With the insulation backing in place install siding to within one row of the bottom of the window. Next measure and cut the siding to fit the measurements of your soffit and push each panel into the j channel. There is no exact way to do this as long as you end up with the window and screen out while not destroying the frame or anything else around the window.

Gap for expansion wherever siding butts accessories. The siding slides behind vinyl siding trim pieces that hide the gap and the cut end.