Install Vinyl Siding Corner Pieces

Cut a piece of flashing out of felt paper and install it at the bottom corners of the windows before you install the side j channels.

Install vinyl siding corner pieces.

How to prepare walls for vinyl or aluminum siding. The corner posts should run from 3 4 inch 1 9 cm below the bottom of the starter strip to just beneath the eaves after the soffit pieces have been installed. Install starter strips trim. This article is a continuation of the discussion that began with step 1.

Once the snap seal releases use gloved fingers to loosen the siding to a distance of 3 feet from the corner. Install 1 2 inch 12 7 mm foam sheathing strips on both sides of each corner then install your corner siding pieces to these strips. Vinyl siding is installed from the bottom up so you must loosen it in the opposite direction. Installing first siding panel.

Overlap the flashing onto the row of siding just below the window. Begin panel installation at back corner of house and work toward house front. With the diagonal corner pieces installed cut the remaining lengths of soffit material 1 4. How to install vinyl and aluminum siding and step 2.

Gap at all ends. The siding slides behind vinyl siding trim pieces that hide the gap and the cut end. Slide the vinyl siding removal tool just under the bottom lip of the uppermost piece of vinyl siding and pry gently upwards. Hammer the first nail into the nailing slot.

Siding should be lapped away from high traffic areas i e doors sidewalks etc. Lengths you ll need to custom cut each piece to fit the span. Each corner should be hung straight so drop a plumb line for each corner post. The way to allow for this expansion is to install the corner post down from the soffit or top of the corner.

Now you re ready to begin installation of the starter strips and corner posts that receive the siding panels. Vinyl siding installation is designed to hang loosely on the sheathing so that it can expand and contract with temperature changes. Space where panel butts corner post. Expansionwhen the temperature changes vinyl siding expands and contracts.

To prevent the relatively thin panels from buckling observe these fitting and nailing rules.