How To Install Vinyl Siding Finish Trim

Install j channels at doors and windows and under roof eaves and rakes.

How to install vinyl siding finish trim.

Install the undersil trim flush to the casing of the window. Nail the trim every 12 inches on center. Miter or cut tabs at the ends. 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.

To provide a common reference point measure up 8 in. Then score horizontally with a utility knife and snap out section to be removed. The bottom of the starter strip the part the bottom panel hooks on to should be at least 1 in. We cover how to move doors and windows and create a weather proof exterior.

Next measure and cut the siding to fit the measurements of your soffit and push each panel into the j channel. Not just another vinyl siding installation video. Most suppliers sell two sizes of starter 2 1 2 in. Cut a tab in the bottom of the side j channels and fold under.

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. It protects the sheathing from rain snow and pests. Cut and install bottom j flush with the sides of the window casing.

Cut siding panel to fit under the opening. Spend the extra few bucks on the wider stuff and start your siding a bit lower. Cut the trim so it is two channel widths longer than the opening s width. Cut and install top j flush with the outer face of the side j s.

Along the tops install j channel trim with horizontal siding and base trim with vertical siding. Begin by installing the first row of siding on both sides of the deck.