How To Put Up Siding Around A Window

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How to put up siding around a window.

Working with vinyl siding. Once you have the bottom and side flashing installed around the window cut a slit in the building paper 2 inches above the window. Get professional looking watertight results with these residing techniques. Cutting and installing the siding 1.

Now you will take a 5 inch strip of flashing and slide it up under the slit above the window. Use a hammer or a drill to take out any nails or screws that are holding the window in place. Door and window trim that. Then trim around the door leading onto the deck.

If you have to cut the last row of siding you ll. Remember at this point you still don t have flashing above it. Measure the distance from the inside top of the j channel to the locking tab of the course below and subtract 1 4. To provide a common reference point measure up 8 in.

You ll need a zip tool to remove siding. 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. 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. Sometimes there are little pieces of wood between the window and the wooden studs that hold the window tight. You ll need specialty tools like this zip tool to work with installing vinyl siding. Lock the notched.

Install the trim just under the drip cap. Apply a bead of caulk to the felt and set the window in the caulk.