How To Put Up Vinyl Shake Siding

If the result is a whole number you re in.

How to put up vinyl shake siding.

The tool is available at most hardware stores and usually costs less than 10. Installing vinyl shake 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. If you have to cut the last row of siding you ll.

Make sure the thick edges of a shake cover the nails at shakes below for the best appearance of the siding. Continue to install rows of shakes in a staggered pattern. Select shakes that are wide enough to span a seam below or narrow to offset a seam below. Nail vertical vinyl corners to the corners of the house making sure they are plumb.

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. Insert the hook of a vinyl siding removal tool into the buttlock of a panel you want to snap back in place.