How To Install Vinyl Siding Corners

13 simple vinyl siding installation tips use the wider starter strip.

How to install vinyl siding corners. Mice bees and all sorts of other critters love making their home inside vinyl corner posts. Expansionwhen the temperature changes vinyl siding expands and contracts. This video shows how to install certainteed outside corner posts for vinyl siding. Pull up as.

Measure and cut the soffit. Siding should be lapped away from high traffic areas i e doors sidewalks etc. Leave a 1 4 in. Last nail should be at least 10 in.

Install lengths of j channel along the inner edge of the fascia. Overlap each panel 1 in. Nail j channel pieces under the fascia. Each corner should be hung straight so drop a plumb line for each corner post.

Cap the corner posts. Understand how to deal with wrap around soffit. The way to allow for this expansion is to install the corner post down from the soffit or top of the corner. The bottom of the starter strip the part the bottom panel hooks on to should be at least.

From end of panel to allow neat lap. Installing balance of siding. Space where panel butts corner post. Hammer the first nail into the nailing slot.