How To Install Vinyl Siding And Soffit

As an alternative installation of specific types of drop in contoured foam underlayments for various styles of vinyl siding are available.

How to install vinyl siding and soffit.

The advent of vinyl siding has allowed homeowners with average do it yourself skills to change the look of the exterior of their home more easily than other siding methods such as wood brick or stone. Before you begin installing vinyl soffit and fascia be sure to do the following. Read the instructions that come with the soffit and fascia. The installation of soffit will determine the positioning of the inside and outside corner posts.

Soffit panels are similar to vertical siding. Slide one end into the j channel and nail the far side of the soffit to the wood fascia board using one nail to keep the soffit in place until you install the vinyl fascia. Some manufacturers of vinyl siding do not recommend the use of drop in backers with certain vinyl siding configurations. Then use the instructions for open eaves.

Vinyl soffit is designed to be easily installed lengthwise from wall to fascia. Nail down any loose boards panels shingles or tiles. To install vinyl siding to the soffit and fascia area on your home nail lengths of j channel along the inner edge of the fascia leaving the nail heads out about 1 32 to 1 16 of an inch. If you re installing perforated soffit panels and the existing soffit doesn t have openings for ventilation cut an adequate number of openings.

The procedure used to install soffit over an enclosed. Most overhangs are 6 or 1. Next measure and cut the siding to fit the measurements of your soffit and push each panel into the j channel. If vinyl soffit is to be installed allow proper distance below the underside of eaves for soffit installation accessories which vary according to the accessory used.

It also is necessary to complete the soffit before the final course of siding is installed on the wall. Many accessories including trim soffit and fascia are available for a vinyl siding job. Vinyl siding must never be applied directly to studs without sheathing. A soffit is the horizontal surface under a roof overhang.

Since soffit runs perpendicular to the wall you will be cutting many short pieces depending on the width of your overhang. Then complete the installation as described for open eaves.