How To Put Up Vinyl Shake Siding

Select shakes that are wide enough to span a seam below or narrow to offset a seam below.

How to put up vinyl shake siding. Nail vertical vinyl corners to the corners of the house making sure they are plumb. Insert the hook of a vinyl siding removal tool into the buttlock of a panel you want to snap back in place. Installing vinyl shake siding. If you have to cut the last row of siding you ll.

The tool is available at most hardware stores and usually costs less than 10. Pop a level chalk line for the starter strip an inch or two above the bottom of the siding. Make sure the thick edges of a shake cover the nails at shakes below for the best appearance of the siding. Divide the length of each wall by 8 inches the width of a piece of siding.

Continue to install rows of shakes in a staggered pattern. Nail the starter strip to the siding aligning the top of the strip with the chalk line.