How To Install Vinyl Siding On Cinder Block House

Attach a vinyl starter strip to the bottom horizontal furring strips.

How to install vinyl siding on cinder block house.

Easiest and only way to install vinyl siding over the cinder block wall is to nail on something called furring strips. At the top of a furring strip drill a hole. Position the first piece of vinyl siding against the furring strips at the top of the wall. Furring strips are basically 1x3 or 1x4 strip of wood that are vertically nailed every 16 inches on center using masonry or concrete nails.

Line up the hole in the strip with the top hole you drilled in the wall. To install vinyl siding on a cinder block wall you ll first need to install furring strips on the wall by nailing or screwing the strips into the joints between the blocks. Vinyl siding colors are not restricted to the limited five or ten pastel colors that were the choice for so many years. When you install the first siding strip which hangs 1 4.

Furring strips are thin lengths of wood used to create space between the wall and the siding. Vinyl siding is a great material to dress up a concrete block structure. The starter strip should extend 1 4 inch below the furring strips. Fit a furring strip against the wall where the first vertical line has been drawn.

You want to nails these in to the block joint not the block itself. Nail the siding strip into place with small nails leaving 1 8 inch of the nail shank showing. Apply more vertical strips about every 16 in 41 cm to create a framework for the vinyl siding. Drill and screw these boards to the cinder blocks.

Line these boards up with the edges of the wall chalking straight guidelines as needed for the installation. We cover how to move doors and windows and create a weather proof exterior. Not just another vinyl siding installation video. This is our most comprehensive.

There are hundreds of colors to choose from when you decide on installing vinyl siding.