How To Layout Vinyl Siding

Lay out the panels required for the first course along the house.

How to layout vinyl siding.

Cut the panels to length with tin snips. Cut 1 inch from each panel s toplock where two panels will overlap. Begin at the windows. Spend the extra few bucks on the wider stuff and start your siding a bit lower.

The bottom of the starter strip the part the bottom panel hooks on to should be at least 1 in. Count your way down to benchmark where the starter strip will go. When cutting vinyl siding it s usually to go into a corner. Start fastening in the center of the panel and work toward the ends.

Vinyl siding comes in several styles and in a variety of colors. Snap a line around the house signifying the top of the strip and then put the strip on the line and nail it. Center the fasteners in the slots to allow for expansion and contraction. Keep in mind that most vinyl siding profiles are intended to emulate the look of traditional wood siding products.

Install vinyl siding from the foundation up snapping successive pieces into the lip at the top of each piece and nailing the siding to the side of the house. Cut the siding short. Below the top of the foundation but the lower the vinyl siding is installed the better. Avoid nailing siding too tightly as.

Start fastening vertical siding and corner posts in the top of the uppermost slots to hold them in position. We chose a dutch lap style which has the look of tongue and groove car siding because of its distinctive profile. If you don t cut your siding short when it expands in the summer it s going to buckle. Siding that is aligned with the bottoms and tops of windows is faster to install and looks better.

You need to leave at least 1 4. It is one of the most versatile siding products on the market today. Place all other fasteners in the center of the slots. It protects the sheathing from rain snow and pests.