How To Install Soffit Vents Over Vinyl Siding

If you have an older house chances are these materials are aluminum.

How to install soffit vents over vinyl siding.

Then subtract 1 2 to allow for expansion. Mark this dimension on a. If the soffit is to turn a corner cut and install j channel to allow 1 4 6 4mm for expansion at each of the adjoining walls and fascia boards. Cut your fascia.

Remove all of the gutters and downspouts from your home. Remove any existing soffit and f or j channel and fascia. This week we would like to show you how to install soffit products as well as fascia trim products. When installing vented soffit panels if the existing soffit doesn t have openings for ventilation cut an adequate number of openings.

You will then cut the new vinyl soffit pieces and slide them into the j channel nailing the opposite side into the. Install nailing strips as shown in figure 4 and install the receiving channels on the nailing strips. If the soffit will turn a corner cut and install the channel so there is 1 4 for expansion at each of the adjoining walls. Place a j channel along the wall and nail it to the underside of your soffit plywood every foot and a half.

Installing soffit measure from the wall to the fascia board.