How To Install Vinyl Siding Around Existing Windows

Measure the window diagonally from corner to corner.

How to install vinyl siding around existing windows.

If you have to cut the last row of siding you ll. Push the new vinyl unit into place tight against the outside stop and drive the mounting screws in the sides. Begin by installing the first row of siding on both sides of the deck. All of the vinyl pieces have little holes on the top of them where nails can be inserted.

To stiffen the trimmed section slide a length of utility trim. Then notch the next piece to fit. It is best to use roofing nails for this. Use a hammer to insert nail in about every fifth hole or whatever you may feel necessary.

Nail in all of the new pieces of vinyl. Either remove the sash liners and springs or open the sash pockets and pull out the weights. Here we ll describe how to rework vinyl siding around a new window. However vinyl is much easier to remove modify and install than any other type of siding so don t let it deter you if you want to add a new window move a door or build an addition.

The measurements should be the same. Remove the sash cord pulleys and stuff the weight pockets with fiberglass insulation. Then secure the panels with nails leaving 1 16 of an inch to 1 8 of an inch of the nail exposed to allow the vinyl siding to move as it expands. Remove the old top sash.

If the result is a whole number you re in. Fill the gaps between the window jambs and the framing members with loosely packed fiberglass insulation. Divide the length of each wall by 8 inches the width of a piece of siding. Trim the shims flush with the framing by scoring them with a utility knife and then snapping off the excess.

The vinyl siding should lock into one another with the siding locking edge locking into the coursing below. Cutting and installing the siding 1 place the piece of siding to be installed under the window along the bottom edge and hold it where it will be located horizontally along the wall.