Tips for Laying Out and Installing Vinyl Siding
This way, when the siding clicks in, it will align with the bottom of the corners. 1 Nail the starter strip in place with 1-1/4-in. roofing nails about every foot. The bottom edge of vinyl siding, the buttlock, is hook-shaped, and engages in the starter strip. 2. 1) Install starter strip so siding snapped into it will align with the bottom of ...
Install the Starter Strips and the Trim for Vinyl Siding
At a wall’s outside corner, the starter strip must be 1 in. or more from the vinyl corner trim, as shown in the photo. Keep the strip 11⁄2 in. to 2 in. from the inside corners. To allow for heat-induced expansion, the end of a starter strip should be at least 1 in. away from the outside corner trim. TIP: Don’t nail it—hang it.
Installing J-Channel for Vinyl Siding around Windows
Nail the J in place, starting with the bottom, using roofing nails every foot. 2 Fold the bottom-piece flaps up along the side of the window, then nail the side pieces in place, lapping the bottom flaps. Then install the top piece of J. That goes over any drip cap that’s in place, and its flaps should lap into the side J-channel.
How to Install a Vinyl Soffit - Fine Homebuilding
Step for installing vinyl soffit. Install the aluminum flashing first. 1 Then fasten a 2× nailer for the soffit panels to the wall. Level over from the subfascia at each end of the wall to find the elevation. 2 Snap a line on the wall. 3 Fasten the nailer on and just above this line with 10d commons or longer. 4 Cut the vinyl soffit panels on ...
Vinyl Siding Done Right - Fine Homebuilding
Vinyl Siding Done Right. If vinyl’s final, you’d best get the details right. A veteran builder shows how to make it water-resistant and attractive. By Mike Guertin Issue 149. I cringed the first time a custom-home client asked for vinyl siding on a new $400,000 house. But I had little choice. Our market was dead. So I took the project.
How to Install Wood Corner Boards - Fine Homebuilding
This article describes the installation of 4 1⁄2-in. corners, which are commonly used with lapped siding. These corners consist of one piece that’s 5/4 x 4 with an overlapping 5/4 x 5, which makes both sides of the corner appear to be the same size. …
vinyl siding corner on a 45 degree bay - Fine Homebuilding
Dec 4, 2004 · 1) Cut two pieces of J-channel and one piece of quarter-round insert to length. 2) Pop rivet the J-channels to each side of the corner insert in at least three places. 3) Nail assembly to corner, remembering to hang the assembly from the topmost full nail slot. 4) Fit siding into J …
Aluminum Fascia Fabrication and Installation - Fine Homebuilding
Installing aluminum fascia. Snip the bend in the fascia that will cover the bottom of the subfascia about 1 in. from the end and use a hand bender to bend the flashing so it will wrap around the end of the subfascia board by about 1 in. 1 Slip the flashing under the drip edge and snug it to the subfascia. 2 Nail the bent end in place with 1-in ...
What’s the Building Code for Housewrap Installation?
R703.1.1 “The exterior wall envelope shall be designed and constructed in a manner that prevents the accumulation of water within the wall assembly by providing a water-resistant barrier behind the exterior cladding … and a means of draining to the exterior water that penetrates the exterior cladding.”. R703.2 Water-resistive barrier.
How to Install Faux Stone-Veneer Siding Panels
Leave a 1/4-in. gap at butt joints and a 1/2-in. gap at corners. Place screws or nails in the center of the nail slots, and don’t drive them tight—leave a 1/32-in. gap to allow for movement. Install stone-veneer panels from the bottom up, with the nail flange up, staggering joints at least 8 in. from one course to the next.