How To Install Vinyl Siding Corners

Siding should be lapped away from high traffic areas i e doors sidewalks etc.

How to install vinyl siding corners.

Of the factory prenotched cutouts. Cap the corner posts. Installing balance of siding. Install lengths of j channel along the inner edge of the fascia.

Space where panel butts corner post. From end of panel to allow neat lap. If the soffit on your house wraps around a corner you will need to. 13 simple vinyl siding installation tips use the wider starter strip.

This video shows how to install certainteed outside corner posts for vinyl siding. Pull up as. Hammer the first nail into the nailing slot. Leave a 1 4 in.

Each corner should be hung straight so drop a plumb line for each corner post. Measure and cut the soffit. Nail j channel pieces under the fascia. The bottom of the starter strip the part the bottom panel hooks on to should be at least.

Expansionwhen the temperature changes vinyl siding expands and contracts. Last nail should be at least 10 in. The way to allow for this expansion is to install the corner post down from the soffit or top of the corner. Mice bees and all sorts of other critters love making their home inside vinyl corner posts.