How To Install Vinyl Siding Around Bay Windows

If it has a nailing fin apply the caulk to the back of the fin.

How to install vinyl siding around bay windows.

Place the piece of siding to be installed under the window along the bottom edge and hold it where it will be located. Measure the distance from the inside top of the j channel to the locking tab of the course below and subtract 1 4. Measure the width of the piece you need to cut by holding the length of siding against the window and marking the edge points on the panel with a pencil. If your bay window is on the second floor then you should install all of the vinyl on the first floor without any problems.

Use a siding removal tool. Install siding around windows. Remove the pieces of vinyl siding from around the window area. Complete the corner cuts with a sharp chisel.

Cut a length of drip edge to fit over the top of the window then slide it between the siding and the building paper. When you come to the bay window place the vinyl siding on both sides as closely as you can and screw it tightly to the wall at the edge of the window. Lock the notched. When you get to a window you will need to cut sections from the panels directly above and below it to fit.

Do not cut the vinyl off. 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. Use this tool by inserting it where a piece of vinyl overlaps a piece below it and then sliding it across until you reach the end of. Here we ll describe how to rework vinyl siding around a new window.

Extract nails keeping the vinyl pieces in place in order to prepare vinyl pieces to be removed.