How To Trim Vinyl Siding

This video shows how to properly trim around fixtures when installing vinyl siding.

How to trim vinyl siding.

Put on safety goggles. Along the tops install j channel trim with horizontal siding and base trim with vertical siding. Maneuvering long pieces of vinyl into place can be tricky. Push one end of longer pieces into the trim then bow the siding slightly and guide the other end into the trim.

Measure from the locking tab of the siding below to the undersill trim to determine the depth of the notch. Slip the curved end of a vinyl siding zip tool into the seam between two horizontally interlocking runs of siding that you need to remove. Miter or cut tabs at the ends. We cover how to move doors and windows and create a weather proof exterior.

Lie a strip of vinyl siding on a flat work table. This is our most comprehensive. Slide the end of the siding off the table until the place where you plan. Soffit and fascia starting with.

You might need to wiggle the tool to work it into the. Install j channels at doors and windows and under roof eaves and rakes. Item 1339368 model 260351031. All vinyl siding and vinyl soffit and fascia can be cut with tin snips a circular saw with a plywood blade or by scoring it with a knife and breaking it.

Not just another vinyl siding installation video.