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.

How to install vinyl siding around windows.

When installing in freezing weather below 40. Siding must be cut in lengths to provide for expansion. Gap for expansion wherever siding butts accessories. Vinyl siding installation is designed to hang loosely on the sheathing so that it can expand and contract with temperature changes.

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. 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. Next measure and cut the siding to fit the measurements of your soffit and push each panel into the j channel. With the insulation backing in place install siding to within one row of the bottom of the window.

Vinyl siding must be nailed so expansion and contraction are not restricted. The siding slides behind vinyl siding trim pieces that hide the gap and the cut end. To stiffen the trimmed section slide a length of utility trim. Use a hammer or a drill to take out any nails or screws that are holding the window in place.

Gap at all ends. To prevent the relatively thin panels from buckling observe these fitting and nailing rules.