Install Vinyl Siding Corner Pieces

Vinyl siding installation is designed to hang loosely on the sheathing so that it can expand and contract with temperature changes.

Install vinyl siding corner pieces.

Now you re ready to begin installation of the starter strips and corner posts that receive the siding panels. Once the snap seal releases use gloved fingers to loosen the siding to a distance of 3 feet from the corner. To prevent the relatively thin panels from buckling observe these fitting and nailing rules. Slide the vinyl siding removal tool just under the bottom lip of the uppermost piece of vinyl siding and pry gently upwards.

Vinyl siding is installed from the bottom up so you must loosen it in the opposite direction. Hammer the first nail into the nailing slot. The siding slides behind vinyl siding trim pieces that hide the gap and the cut end. Install 1 2 inch 12 7 mm foam sheathing strips on both sides of each corner then install your corner siding pieces to these strips.

How to install vinyl and aluminum siding and step 2. Installing first siding panel. Space where panel butts corner post. Expansionwhen the temperature changes vinyl siding expands and contracts.

Install starter strips trim. Overlap the flashing onto the row of siding just below the window. Leave a 1 4 in. The corner posts should run from 3 4 inch 1 9 cm below the bottom of the starter strip to just beneath the eaves after the soffit pieces have been installed.

Because the soffit pieces come in 12 ft. Begin panel installation at back corner of house and work toward house front. Gap at all ends. Snap bottom of panel into starter strip and nail to wall as in important installation tips.

The way to allow for this expansion is to install the corner post down from the soffit or top of the corner. This article is a continuation of the discussion that began with step 1. With the diagonal corner pieces installed cut the remaining lengths of soffit material 1 4. How to prepare walls for vinyl or aluminum siding.

Cut a piece of flashing out of felt paper and install it at the bottom corners of the windows before you install the side j channels.