How To Install Vinyl Siding J Channel

Along the tops install j channel trim with horizontal siding and base trim with vertical siding.

How to install vinyl siding j channel.

Understand how to deal with wrap around soffit. Install j channel under the window. Siding the soffit and fascia area 1. How to install vinyl siding with a j channel prepare.

Install the tops first then the sides and then the bottoms of the window surrounds. Install the j channel vinyl siding around all four sides of a window or three sides of a door. Cut a 3 4 in. Install bottom j channel to extend past side casing the width of the j face on each end.

Cut and position an undersill trim if necessary see when to use undersill trim. Install j channels at doors and windows and under roof eaves and rakes. If the soffit on your house wraps around a corner you will need to. Measure and cut the soffit.

Drive roofing nails every 8 to 10 in. Nail j channel pieces under the fascia. Miter bottom side j to give a false mitered appearance when installed. The vinyl siding trim pieces should slide back and forth slightly.

Cut out a 3 4 in. It is used for inside corners trimming around windows and doors and also wh. This channel conceals the cut edges of the soffit lengths as they meet the fascia. Use corrosion resistant galvanized stainless steel or aluminum roofing type nails with a head diameter of.

Starting with the soffit nail lengths of j channel against the inner edge of the fascia board. This video shows how to install the most common piece of siding trim j channel. Cut the trim so it is two channel widths longer than the opening s width. Don t drive them tight.

Through the middle of the slots. Position the j channel under the window.