How To Install Vinyl Siding On Old House

Not just another vinyl siding installation video.

How to install vinyl siding on old house.

Installing vinyl siding in these 23 steps step 1. Soffit and fascia if the soffit on your home wraps around a corner as with a hip roof you ll need to make some. You ll need a zip tool to remove siding. Snap the bottom of the first panel securely into the starter strip push the panel end in to the j channel use a.

Soffit and fascia starting with the soffit nail lengths of j channel against the inner edge of the fascia board. Get professional looking watertight results with these residing techniques. When you want house siding that endures the elements with little complaint and is easy on your budget consider installing vinyl siding. Siding the soffit and fascia area 1.

In very cold weather vinyl cracks easily and its color will fade over time. Nail j channel pieces under the fascia. Vinyl siding covers millions of new construction homes. For home remodels vinyl siding can even be installed directly over some forms of existing siding.

This is our most comprehensive. Working with vinyl siding. Install lengths of j channel along the inner edge of the fascia. You ll need specialty tools like this zip tool to work with installing vinyl siding.

Install vinyl panels one strip at a time starting from a back corner of the house. Placing vinyl over the old wood siding can mask or even cause water damage. Measure and cut the soffit. Install vinyl siding from the foundation up snapping successive pieces into the lip at the top of each piece and nailing the siding to the side of the house.

Also vinyl siding can act like an exterior vapor barrier trapping moisture within the walls and abetting decay. Understand how to deal with wrap around soffit. Avoid nailing siding too tightly as.