How To Install Vinyl Siding On Cinder Block House

There are hundreds of colors to choose from when you decide on installing vinyl siding.

How to install vinyl siding on cinder block house.

Drill and screw these boards to the cinder blocks. Place the strip so its center is lined up with the vertical line. Apply more vertical strips about every 16 in 41 cm to create a framework for the vinyl siding. Furring strips are thin lengths of wood used to create space between the wall and the siding.

This will allow the vinyl to contract and expand with changes in the weather. This is our most comprehensive. To install vinyl siding on a cinder block wall you ll first need to install furring strips on the wall by nailing or screwing the strips into the joints between the blocks. Cut more furring strips to the size you used previously.

Vinyl siding is a great material to dress up a concrete block structure. Attach a vinyl starter strip to the bottom horizontal furring strips. Vinyl siding colors are not restricted to the limited five or ten pastel colors that were the choice for so many years. When you install the first siding strip which hangs 1 4.

Line up the hole in the strip with the top hole you drilled in the wall. Line these boards up with the edges of the wall chalking straight guidelines as needed for the installation. Fit a furring strip against the wall where the first vertical line has been drawn. We cover how to move doors and windows and create a weather proof exterior.

You want to nails these in to the block joint not the block itself. Nail the siding strip into place with small nails leaving 1 8 inch of the nail shank showing. Easiest and only way to install vinyl siding over the cinder block wall is to nail on something called furring strips. The starter strip should extend 1 4 inch below the furring strips.

Position the first piece of vinyl siding against the furring strips at the top of the wall.