How To Install Vinyl Siding Around Existing Windows

However vinyl is much easier to remove modify and install than any other type of siding so don t let it deter you if you want to add a new window move a door or build an addition.

How to install vinyl siding around existing windows. To stiffen the trimmed section slide a length of utility trim. Divide the length of each wall by 8 inches the width of a piece of siding. Here we ll describe how to rework vinyl siding around a new window. With the insulation backing in place install siding to within one row of the bottom of the window.

Nail in all of the new pieces of vinyl. Measure the window diagonally from corner to corner. Remove the old top sash. Trim the shims flush with the framing by scoring them with a utility knife and then snapping off the excess.

It is best to use roofing nails for this. If you have to cut the last row of siding you ll. Cutting and installing the siding 1 place the piece of siding to be installed under the window along the bottom edge and hold it where it will be located horizontally along the wall. Fill the gaps between the window jambs and the framing members with loosely packed fiberglass insulation.

Either remove the sash liners and springs or open the sash pockets and pull out the weights. Then notch the next piece to fit. If the existing window is fitted with aluminum tracks use a pair of pliers to pull out the staples holding the tracks in place. Use a hammer to insert nail in about every fifth hole or whatever you may feel necessary.

The measurements should be the same. 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. All of the vinyl pieces have little holes on the top of them where nails can be inserted. If the result is a whole number you re in.

Then secure the panels with nails leaving 1 16 of an inch to 1 8 of an inch of the nail exposed to allow the vinyl siding to move as it expands. Remove the sash cord pulleys and stuff the weight pockets with fiberglass insulation.