Continue to install rows of shakes in a staggered pattern.
How to put up vinyl shake siding.
The tool is available at most hardware stores and usually costs less than 10.
Install siding at the top of a window or door in a similar fashion but this time set the siding on the window channel and use the window trim to mark the cut.
Divide the length of each wall by 8 inches the width of a piece of siding.
Nail vertical vinyl corners to the corners of the house making sure they are plumb.
Select shakes that are wide enough to span a seam below or narrow to offset a seam below.
Make sure the thick edges of a shake cover the nails at shakes below for the best appearance of the siding.
If the result is a whole number you re in.
Insert the hook of a vinyl siding removal tool into the buttlock of a panel you want to snap back in place.
If you have to cut the last row of siding you ll.
Installing vinyl shake siding.