Installing Vinyl Siding Around Windows

In both the construction and real estate sectors, vinyl siding is the most preferred by both contractors and homeowners. It comes in different shapes and colors, making it customizable to the satisfaction of the homeowner. Apart from being attractive, vinyl siding is also durable, and its maintenance costs are also very pocket-friendly.

Vinyl siding is also easy to install, meaning that you can opt for DIY. However, this might not be easy when you are installing the vinyl around the windows. When working around the windows, there is always the desire to waterproof it. Sticking to the recommended procedures, you will be able to seal out water to get professional-standards results in the place that the window trim meets the siding. If you have some problems give Ideal Siding services a call.

Cutting and Installing the Molding

The first step involves inspecting the flashing and the building wrap around the window.

On the vertical sides of the window, the flashing should be able to overlap the bottom flashing by at least two inches. Just above the window, you should ensure that the building paper overlaps the flashing by two inches.

The second step involves the use of tin snips which will help you cut the length of the J molding. Ensure that the molding is two inches longer than the width of the window. Use a utility knife to cut 1-inch notch off the J molding on both ends across the top side. You should then cut in from the tin snips ends along the corner. Snap off the resulting piece.

In the third step, you will be installing the J molding. You should do this on the bottom edge of the window. Proceed to drive in roofing nails using a hammer. Ensure that you push them eight inches in the middle of the nailing slot. Loosely do the nailing such that the J molding can slide back and forth to provide room for expansion and contraction.

In the fourth step, you will have to cut two lengths of the J molding. Ensure that the lengths are two inches longer than the height of the window. Trim out an inch from either side. You can then nail the J molding loosely along the sides of the window. Ensure that the notched section is overlapping the piece that you initially placed at the bottom of the window.

In the fifth step, you will be creating the top piece. You can achieve this by cutting a length of the J molding two inches longer in comparison to the width of the window. Use the tin snips to cut an inch of either side. Ensure that you don’t snap the piece too much to leave a tab. In this step also, you will nail the J molding loosely on top of the window. Proceed to fold the flaps created. These folds should overlap the vertical pieces.

Cutting and Installing the Siding

Step 1: Place the piece of siding you intend to install underneath the window along the bottom edge. Hold it horizontally along the wall. At the Вј inch on both sides, mark the siding. This provides room for expansion.

Step 2: Measure the distance from the inside top of the J channel up to the locking tab of the course below and subtract the Вј inch. Put a marking on the siding to indicate where you intend to cut. Proceed to notch out the siding on the created marks. For vertical cuts, you should use tin snips while the straight edge should be cut using a utility knife.

Step 3: Lock locking the siding into place. You should ensure that it can fit in the J channel. In case you made a wider and horizontal cut on the siding’s profile, then the siding will fit firmly in the J channel. If it fails to fit aptly, remove the notched piece. Into the J channel, install the undersill trim. Fit the top edge of your notched siding into this undersill trim. The notched siding should be nailed into its place loosely.

Step 4: Proceed with the installation of the courses of the siding along window sides. You should ensure that you leave Вј inch spaces in the J channel at the end of every piece. This gives room for expansion. Place a mark then proceed to cut and notch the top piece. It will fit into the J channel. Here also, you should leave Вј inch space for expansion. Snap it into place then proceed tom loosely nail it.

Mark, cut and notch the top piece so that it fits into the J channel, again leaving 1/4-inch space for expansion. Snap it into place and nail it loosely.

These steps will help you install your vinyl along with the window expertly.

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Benefits of Vinyl Windows

Vinyl windows offer homeowners several important benefits. They are durable, inexpensive and virtually maintenance-free. They do not show scratches or scrapes, they are recyclable, and they come in a variety of colors. They are energy-efficient and termite-proof, and they look great with a wide variety of different home types. Homeowners love vinyl because it requires very little work and it will still look like new for years to come.

Vinyl Window Options

Vinyl windows are a popular home window option that offer homeowners plenty of variety. They come in a large number of shapes, sizes and colors. They can be purchased off the shelf or they can be custom made to your exact specifications. You can even choose added safety features such as hurricane resistance or blinds that are built right into the window panes. Whatever you are looking for in your windows, you can find it in vinyl.

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Installing Vinyl Siding in These 23 Steps

While vinyl can be a great alternative to regular house paint, and it does a good job of dressing up problem walls, there is a tradeoff. Although it looks like conventional siding from a distance, the illusion falters at corners, windows, doors and wall-mounted utility equipment.

Part of the design dilemma is that vinyl expands and contracts a good deal with changes in temperature. A standard 12-ft. length can be 1/2 to 5/8 in. shorter on a very cold day as compared to a very hot day. For this reason, vinyl must be cut short and nailed loose. In fact, you should be able to slide every full length side to side at least 1/2 in. after it’s installed. The trimpieces made to conceal the ends accommodate these variations quite well, but not without some compromise in appearance.

Materials and tools

While you can expect differences among manufacturers, siding systems generally include 12-ft. lengths of siding, window/door trim channel, J-channel, utility channel, corner moldings and metal starter strips. In addition, vented and unvented soffits, as well as fascia covers, are available.

The siding must be installed over a flat surface, so unless you’re siding a new home, or have removed the old lap siding, you’ll need to line the wall with sheets of rigid-foam board, usually 1/2 in. thick. While rigid foam offers some insulation, its primary function is to provide a flat nailing surface. Both the rigid foam and siding can be nailed in place with galvanized shingle nails.

Vinyl siding comes in several styles and in a variety of colors. We chose a Dutch lap style, which has the look of tongue-and-groove car siding, because of its distinctive profile.

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.

Step 1: Soffit and Fascia

Starting with the soffit, nail lengths of J-channel against the inner edge of the fascia board. This channel conceals the cut edges of the soffit lengths as they meet the fascia. All siding and soffit pieces have nail slots. Nail at the slot centers to allow for expansion and hold the heads out 1/32 to 1/16 in. Don’t nail anything tight.

If your home has a box soffit or a hip roof, nail a second band of J-channel along the soffit edge as it meets the house. If your home does not have a boxed soffit return, but has soffit plywood nailed to the bottoms of the ceiling joists, you may be able to omit the inner channel. In this case, the ends of the soffit lengths can be concealed later by the utility trim of the siding. The angle of the soffit makes the difference here, but when in doubt, it’s best to channel both edges.

Step 2: Soffit and Fascia

If the soffit on your home wraps around a corner, as with a hip roof, you’ll need to make some provision for the soffit material’s change in direction at the corners. To accommodate this change, nail two J-channels diagonally between the corner of the house and the corner of the roof. Then, cut the first soffit sections to fit this angle and install subsequent sections in both directions. Where existing soffit vents are located, remove the vents and install vented soffit material.

Step 3: Soffit and Fascia

Because the soffit pieces come in 12-ft. lengths, you’ll need to custom-cut each piece to fit the span. With the diagonal corner pieces installed, cut the remaining lengths of soffit material 1/4 in. short of the maximum span, and press them into the channel. Either bend the soffit pieces to fit or carefully pry the channel back to gain the needed access.

Step 4: Soffit and Fascia

With the soffit installed, remove the gutter and slide preformed lengths of fascia cover under the gutter apron. Carefully nail the upper portion of the fascia with 4d galvanized or prepainted nails. But don’t overdo it. A nail every few feet will do. When joining fascia pieces in the corners, run slightly past the original eave fascia and butt the intersecting gable fascia against this overrun. Finally, replace the gutter.

While this fascia installation works for many homes, complicated or decorative trim is best left to a professional who can custom-make and fit aluminum components.

Step 5: Siding the Walls

Begin by loosening or taking off all easily removable obstacles, such as porch lights, address plates, handrails and self-storing clothesline reels.

Then, measure from the eave to the bottom of the existing siding. If this distance is divisible by 8 in.—the finished width of a piece of siding—you’re in luck. The utility trim you’ll install under the eave will accept the top edge of the last full-width row of siding. In the case of Dutch lap siding, which looks like two courses of siding in each single panel, you’ll have two opportunities—at 4- and 8-in. Intervals.

If raising or lowering the starter edge an inch or two will make the top pieces fall where you want them, by all means, do so. If you have to cut the top row of siding, then use J-channel at the top instead of utility trim. To keep this last cut row from collapsing against the house, nail a 3-in. strip of 1/2-in. plywood against the J-channel to hold it out.

When you’ve determined the best height for the metal starter strip, mark this position on the walls and snap a reference chalkline around the entire house. Then, nail a 3 1/2-in. strip of 1/2-in. plywood above this line to hold out the bottom of the first row of siding, and nail the starter strip to this plywood.

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