How To Vinyl Siding Around Windows

Working with vinyl siding.

How to vinyl siding around windows.

Slide the zip tool under the butt edge. Slide the tool to the side and it will unzip the seam. Measure the distance from the inside top of the j channel to the locking tab of the course below and subtract 1 4. A unlock siding using a zip tool.

Cutting and installing the siding 1. You ll need a zip tool to remove siding. If you have to cut the last row of siding you ll. You ll hook the edge that is locked to the lower damaged strip.

Place the piece of siding to be installed under the window along the bottom edge and hold it where it will be located. Begin by installing the first row of siding on both sides of the deck. Lock the notched. To provide a common reference point measure up 8 in.

From the top of this row and stretch a string line across the deck. Remove the pieces of vinyl siding from around the window area. But if the result is not a whole number you will need to cut the final piece of siding lengthwise in order to fill in. Get professional looking watertight results with these residing techniques.

Use a siding removal tool. You ll need specialty tools like this zip tool to work with installing vinyl siding. Divide the length of each wall by 8 inches the width of a piece of siding. If the result is a whole number you re in.

Then slide the zip tool under the butt edge of the strip above the one you want to remove.