How To Install Vinyl Siding Around Windows

The siding slides behind vinyl siding trim pieces that hide the gap and the cut end.

How to install vinyl siding around windows.

Vinyl siding must be nailed so expansion and contraction are not restricted. Instruction on how to install exterior 2x4 trim around a new or old window. Siding must be cut in lengths to provide for expansion. Gap at all ends.

Then notch the next piece to fit. With the insulation backing in place install siding to within one row of the bottom of the window. Gap for expansion wherever siding butts accessories. There is no exact way to do this as long as you end up with the window and screen out while not destroying the frame or anything else around the window.

When installing in freezing weather below 40. Vinyl siding installation is designed to hang loosely on the sheathing so that it can expand and contract with temperature changes. To install vinyl siding to the soffit and fascia area on your home nail lengths of j channel along the inner edge of the fascia leaving the nail heads out about 1 32 to 1 16 of an inch. 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.

Allow a 1 4 in. Use a hammer or a drill to take out any nails or screws that are holding the window in place.