How To Put Up Siding Around A Window

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How to put up siding around a window.

Get professional looking watertight results with these residing techniques. Now you will take a 5 inch strip of flashing and slide it up under the slit above the window. You ll need specialty tools like this zip tool to work with installing vinyl siding. Install the trim just under the drip cap.

If the result is a whole number you re in. Remember at this point you still don t have flashing above it. Place the piece of siding to be installed under the window along the bottom edge and hold it where it will be located. At the top tuck metal drip cap flashing under the siding and on top of the second layer of wrap.

To provide a common reference point measure up 8 in. Divide the length of each wall by 8 inches the width of a piece of siding. You ll need a zip tool to remove siding. Use a hammer or a drill to take out any nails or screws that are holding the window in place.

Working with vinyl siding. Apply a bead of caulk to the felt and set the window in the caulk. Cutting and installing the siding 1. Then trim around the door leading onto the deck.

But if the result is not a whole number you will need to cut the final piece of siding lengthwise in order to fill in. Once you have the bottom and side flashing installed around the window cut a slit in the building paper 2 inches above the window. Next comes another layer of building wrap installed like the first layer. Door and window trim that.

If you have to cut the last row of siding you ll. Sometimes there are little pieces of wood between the window and the wooden studs that hold the window tight.