How To Put Up Siding Around A Window

Cutting and installing the siding 1.

How to put up siding around a window.

Get professional looking watertight results with these residing techniques. At the top tuck metal drip cap flashing under the siding and on top of the second layer of wrap. Install the trim just under the drip cap. 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. From the top of this row and stretch a string line across the deck. Apply a bead of caulk to the felt and set the window in the caulk. Lock the notched.

Measure the distance from the inside top of the j channel to the locking tab of the course below and subtract 1 4. Use a hammer or a drill to take out any nails or screws that are holding the window in place. You ll need specialty tools like this zip tool to work with installing vinyl siding. If you have to cut the last row of siding you ll.

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. Then trim around the door leading onto the deck. Slide the zip tool under the butt edge. If the result is a whole number you re in.

To provide a common reference point measure up 8 in. Sometimes there are little pieces of wood between the window and the wooden studs that hold the window tight. Door and window trim that. Remember at this point you still don t have flashing above it.

Once you have the bottom and side flashing installed around the window cut a slit in the building paper 2 inches above the window. Working with vinyl siding.