How To Install Trim On Siding

Similar to j channel used with vinyl siding j trim is nailed to the building s framing at the top edge and along any interior corner seams to hide the raw edges of the siding.

How to install trim on siding.

You may ask if your vinyl siding can handle this depending upon the weight. Along the tops install j channel trim with horizontal siding and base trim with vertical siding. You may not know where to begin. Nail the trim every 12 inches on center.

This works fine most of the time but always add a few blobs of caulking inside the bottom lip of the top course for extra security. Featured videos from twofeetfirst installing the siding. Now that the siding is added we need to talk about the door before adding the trim. Install j channels at doors and windows and under roof eaves and rakes.

You will likely need to remove a trim ring before beginning. Step by step corrugated metal siding installation video that covers cutting the inside an. To expedite installing vinyl siding on your home or for large projects you may want to call a professional vinyl siding company. Purchase your mounting block based on the design and color of your vinyl siding.

When installing a mounting block on vinyl siding there are plenty of ways things can go wrong. J trim installs on steel sided buildings such as pole barns and commercial buildings as the finish trim to steel siding. If you used sheathing on the shed walls the first thing you should do is add house wrap. Cut the trim so it is two channel widths longer than the opening s width.

Miter or cut tabs at the ends. Fashioning metal window trim with a brake is complicated for a do it yourselfer.