How To Install Vinyl Siding Corners

The bottom of the starter strip the part the bottom panel hooks on to should be at least.

How to install vinyl siding corners.

13 simple vinyl siding installation tips use the wider starter strip. Expansionwhen the temperature changes vinyl siding expands and contracts. Space where panel butts corner post. Install lengths of j channel along the inner edge of the fascia.

Last nail should be at least 10 in. From end of panel to allow neat lap. Understand how to deal with wrap around soffit. If the soffit on your house wraps around a corner you will need to.

Measure and cut the soffit. Siding the soffit and fascia area 1. Nail j channel pieces under the fascia. The way to allow for this expansion is to install the corner post down from the soffit or top of the corner.

This video shows how to install certainteed outside corner posts for vinyl siding. Cap the corner posts. Overlap each panel 1 in. Of the factory prenotched cutouts.

Hammer the first nail into the nailing slot. Pull up as. Each corner should be hung straight so drop a plumb line for each corner post. Siding should be lapped away from high traffic areas i e doors sidewalks etc.