How To Install Vinyl Siding Top Piece

Maneuvering long pieces of vinyl into place can be tricky.

How to install vinyl siding top piece.

Understand how to deal with wrap around soffit. Measure and cut the soffit. You must leave the bottom. Mark the length of vinyl where the cut needs to be made to achieve the correct fit.

Install lengths of j channel along the inner edge of the fascia. Then slide it up and snap the butt into the locking edge of the piece below. Scrape away old caulking around windows and doors. Without an additional layer of siding to cover it as it touches the soffit installers must take extra steps to give the siding job a finished look.

Installers need to adapt their method when installing the top row of vinyl siding. Measure the gap remaining at the top of the wall. The build up of old caulking interferes with the positioning of new. Work the piece into the lock down its length.

Push one end of longer pieces into the trim then bow the siding slightly and guide the other end into the trim. For most of the house this method works wonderfully except for the top row. The entire structure of vinyl siding is based on overlapping sections with the attachment point on each row of siding covered by the one above it. How to install the top row of vinyl siding step 1.

Score the vinyl siding at the mark and break off the excess top by. Remove downspouts lighting fixtures and mouldings. Nail j channel pieces under the fascia.