How To Wrap Aluminum Around Windows With Existing Siding

Apply all layers of wrap shingle style where the top layers of a surface overlap the bottom layers.

How to wrap aluminum around windows with existing siding.

Ensure that the flashing along the bottom of the window overlaps the nailing hem of the last complete course of siding beneath the window. My old wood frame house was covered with aluminum siding and the siding goes all the way up to the windows. Apply a bead of caulk to the felt and set the window in the caulk. Next comes another layer of building wrap installed like the first layer.

There isn t really any trim around the windows just a small aluminum strip. Aluminum windows are usually installed by attaching them through a flange to the wall framing and then the flange is covered with the siding. Secure barricade firmly in place over the entire wall including the window and door openings by fastening the wrap every 12 18 inches along the vertical studs using large headed or plastic cap nails or minimum 1 inch crown staples. See below for a shopping list and tools subscribe t.

Install the trim just under the drip cap. Adding window trim over existing aluminum siding. Make sure that the flashing on the vertical sides of the. Adding window trim with this old house host kevin o connor and vinyl siding installer richard scalzi.