How To Put The Top Piece Of Vinyl Siding On

Make vertical cuts on the siding panel with saw or snips.

How to put the top piece of vinyl siding on.

Measure the under the edge of the window and add 5 8 in. Because you cut away the channels at the top of the molding you must nail directly through the molding instead of placing the nails in the designated channels that you used in the rows below. Make tabs every 12 to 16 inches in the cut edge of the vinyl siding using a snap lock punch. The most common approach here is to install sill trim at the soffits rip down the top course of siding and crimp the siding so the sill trim holds it in place.

This works fine most of the time but always add a few blobs of caulking inside the bottom lip of the top course for extra security. Do you know how to install vinyl siding on your home or shed. Then score horizontally with a utility knife and snap out section to be removed. Slot the bottom edge of the panel into the panel below and slide the top edge under the under sill trim.

The entire structure of vinyl siding is based on overlapping sections with the attachment point on each row of siding covered by the one above it. For most of the house this method works wonderfully except for the top row. The raised slots you made with the snap lock punch will catch onto the trim and hold the top siding panel firmly in place so there is no need to face nail it to secure. Cut siding panel to fit under the opening.

Slot the vinyl siding into the lower siding and nail the top of the vinyl with 3d nails that match the color of the vinyl siding. Install siding at the top of a window or door in a similar fashion but this time set the siding on the window channel and use the window trim to mark the cut. Push up gently until you hear a click.