How To Install Vinyl Siding On Cinder Block House

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How to install vinyl siding on cinder block house.

Furring strips are thin lengths of wood used to create space between the wall and the siding. To install vinyl siding on a cinder block wall you ll first need to install furring strips on the wall by nailing or screwing the strips into the joints between the blocks. Attach a vinyl starter strip to the bottom horizontal furring strips. Apply more vertical strips about every 16 in 41 cm to create a framework for the vinyl siding.

This is our most comprehensive. Line up the hole in the strip with the top hole you drilled in the wall. There are hundreds of colors to choose from when you decide on installing vinyl siding. Furring strips are basically 1x3 or 1x4 strip of wood that are vertically nailed every 16 inches on center using masonry or concrete nails.

Vinyl siding is a great material to dress up a concrete block structure. Nail the siding strip into place with small nails leaving 1 8 inch of the nail shank showing. This will allow the vinyl to contract and expand with changes in the weather. Easiest and only way to install vinyl siding over the cinder block wall is to nail on something called furring strips.

Not just another vinyl siding installation video. Fit a furring strip against the wall where the first vertical line has been drawn. At the top of a furring strip drill a hole. Line these boards up with the edges of the wall chalking straight guidelines as needed for the installation.

The starter strip should extend 1 4 inch below the furring strips. Cut more furring strips to the size you used previously. Position the first piece of vinyl siding against the furring strips at the top of the wall. Drill and screw these boards to the cinder blocks.

You want to nails these in to the block joint not the block itself.