How To Install Siding Around Windows

Slide the zip tool under the butt edge.

How to install siding around windows.

You ll need a zip tool to remove siding. Then use the utility knife to. Place the siding that has to be notched under the window. B cut the siding to fit under windows.

Working with vinyl siding. Measure the distance from the inside top of the j channel to the locking tab of the course below and subtract 1 4. Get professional looking watertight results with these residing techniques. Next comes another layer of building wrap installed like the first layer.

At the top tuck metal drip cap flashing under the siding and on top of the second layer of wrap. Use the snips to cut through the nailing hem. Place the piece of siding to be installed under the window along the bottom edge and hold it where it will be located. You ll need specialty tools like this zip tool to work with installing vinyl siding.

Install the trim just under the drip cap. As long as the window frame projects at least 1 inch beyond the sheathing it s possible to install your hardie siding right to the window frame leaving 1 8 clearance from the sides and sill and applying a bead of approved colour matched caulking. Apply a bead of caulk to the felt and set the window in the caulk. Install the siding a mark the cuts for siding under the window.