How To Vinyl Siding Around Windows

Cutting and installing the siding 1.

How to vinyl siding around windows.

Measure the distance from the inside top of the j channel to the locking tab of the course below and subtract 1 4. Begin by installing the first row of siding on both sides of the deck. A unlock siding using a zip tool. If you have to cut the last row of siding you ll.

Use a siding removal tool. Then slide the zip tool under the butt edge of the strip above the one you want to remove. Extract nails keeping the vinyl pieces in place in order to prepare vinyl pieces to be removed. You ll hook the edge that is locked to the lower damaged strip.

From the top of this row and stretch a string line across the deck. You ll need specialty tools like this zip tool to work with installing vinyl siding. Place the piece of siding to be installed under the window along the bottom edge and hold it where it will be located. Remove the pieces of vinyl siding from around the window area.

You ll need a zip tool to remove siding. Divide the length of each wall by 8 inches the width of a piece of siding. If the result is a whole number you re in. Do not cut the vinyl off.

Lock the notched. To provide a common reference point measure up 8 in. But if the result is not a whole number you will need to cut the final piece of siding lengthwise in order to fill in. Working with vinyl siding.

Slide the tool to the side and it will unzip the seam.