How To Start Vinyl Siding On A Deck

End under the butt of the overlapping panel at the level where you want to begin removing siding.

How to start vinyl siding on a deck.

This is our most comprehensive. For rakes i usually bend aluminum coil stock on a sheet metal brake to wrap the face and bottom edge of a 1x rake board. Vinyl siding starter strips. Divide the length of each wall by 8 inches the width of a piece of siding.

How to install and flash a deck ledger start to finish duration. Snap a level chalk line for the first starter strip at the base of the wall no less than 8 inches above ground level after determining the lowest corner of the house. Most pieces of vinyl trim though go by the same names as their wood siding counterparts. Soffit and fascia if the soffit on your home wraps around a corner as with a hip roof you ll need to make some.

If the result is a whole number you re in. Installing vinyl siding in these 23 steps step 1. It protects the sheathing from rain snow and pests. This chalk line should be level and a consistent distance from the eaves or the top and bottom of the windows.

Most suppliers sell two sizes of starter 2 1 2 in. Soffits fascia and corner boards. Use an unlocking tool like malco s sideswiper sometimes called a euro oelig zip lock euro. Start by making an outline on the siding where you want to position the ledger board.

Spend the extra few bucks on the wider stuff and start your siding a bit lower. The bottom of the starter strip the part the bottom panel hooks on to should be at least 1 in. 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. Below the top of the foundation but the lower the vinyl siding is installed the better.

James hardie siding deck flashing. I start by installing the high trim rakes soffits and fascias. Hook the little euro oelig j euro. The simplest siding to remove replace and repair is probably vinyl lap siding figure 13 because you can unzip the overlaps without pulling out nails.

This is where the new siding will begin. Soffit and fascia starting with the soffit nail lengths of j channel against the inner edge of the fascia board. If you have to cut the last row of siding you ll. Make the outline large enough to include space for the deck boards on top the ledger and any trim boards on the sides.

Snap a chalk line cut out the siding and tack up the ledger board. Not just another vinyl siding installation video.