How To Install Vinyl Siding Finish Trim

Spend the extra few bucks on the wider stuff and start your siding a bit lower.

How to install vinyl siding finish trim. The bottom of the starter strip the part the bottom panel hooks on to should be at least 1 in. It protects the sheathing from rain snow and pests. Cut a tab in the bottom of the side j channels and fold under. Along the tops install j channel trim with horizontal siding and base trim with vertical siding.

Then score horizontally with a utility knife and snap out section to be removed. Not just another vinyl siding installation video. Install the undersil trim flush to the casing of the window. Cut and install top j flush with the outer face of the side j s.

Cut the trim so it is two channel widths longer than the opening s width. Next measure and cut the siding to fit the measurements of your soffit and push each panel into the j channel. Nail the trim every 12 inches on center. Begin by installing the first row of siding on both sides of the deck.

From the top of this row and stretch a string line across the deck. Install side j channels flush with the lower face of the bottom j channel and with the top of the window casing. Cut and install bottom j flush with the sides of the window casing. Most suppliers sell two sizes of starter 2 1 2 in.

Make vertical cuts on the siding panel with saw or snips. Miter or cut tabs at the ends. Cut siding panel to fit under the opening. We cover how to move doors and windows and create a weather proof exterior.

To install vinyl siding to the soffit and fascia area on your home nail lengths of j channel along the inner edge of the fascia leaving the nail heads out about 1 32 to 1 16 of an inch. Install j channels at doors and windows and under roof eaves and rakes.