How To Trim Vinyl Siding Around Door

Insert one nail every 8 inches.

How to trim vinyl siding around door.

Cut the vinyl 1. This will provide a continuous barrier to water. Miter or cut tabs at the ends. Along the tops install j channel trim with horizontal siding and base trim with vertical siding.

After a closed garage you can cut windows and doors and use a sheath masking tape to cover the tape to the windows and doors. 1 remove the vinyl panel directly above. You will need to remove the siding around the garage door to access and remove the nailing strips nails receiver or j channels that hold the trim in place. If you have not specified the type of door and window trim you prefer with your contractor you may end up with the basica universal j channel the trim most installers use as a default.

Install j channels at doors and windows and under roof eaves and rakes. Mark the perimeter of the opening for the new door onto the vinyl siding with a carpenter s pencil in the location. Pry off trim molding surrounding the existing door if applicable with the flat end of a pry bar. Score the flat sections of the siding panels with a sharp.

The bottom of the starter strip should be 1 2 inch below the bottom of the boxing. Nail the trim every 12 inches on center. Cut a piece of vinyl starter strip with aviation snips 1 2 inch shorter than the measurement and attach it with 2 inch roofing nails to the bottom of the wall between the corner and the j mold trim. Cut the trim so it is two channel widths longer than the opening s width.