Apply a bead of caulk to the felt and set the window in the caulk.
How to put up siding around a window.
Slide the zip tool under the butt edge.
Once you have the bottom and side flashing installed around the window cut a slit in the building paper 2 inches above the window.
Then trim around the door leading onto the deck.
You ll need specialty tools like this zip tool to work with installing vinyl siding.
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.
Get professional looking watertight results with these residing techniques.
Sometimes there are little pieces of wood between the window and the wooden studs that hold the window tight.
Door and window trim that.
Next comes another layer of building wrap installed like the first layer.
You ll need a zip tool to remove siding.
Now you will take a 5 inch strip of flashing and slide it up under the slit above the window.
Measure the distance from the inside top of the j channel to the locking tab of the course below and subtract 1 4.
Working with vinyl siding.
Lock the notched.
From the top of this row and stretch a string line across the deck.
Place the piece of siding to be installed under the window along the bottom edge and hold it where it will be located.
Install the trim just under the drip cap.
To provide a common reference point measure up 8 in.
At the top tuck metal drip cap flashing under the siding and on top of the second layer of wrap.
If you have to cut the last row of siding you ll.
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.