How To Put Up Siding Around A Window

Get professional looking watertight results with these residing techniques.

How to put up siding around a window.

Once you have the bottom and side flashing installed around the window cut a slit in the building paper 2 inches above the window. From the top of this row and stretch a string line across the deck. If you have to cut the last row of siding you ll. Install the trim just under the drip cap.

Divide the length of each wall by 8 inches the width of a piece of siding. You ll need specialty tools like this zip tool to work with installing vinyl siding. 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.

If the result is a whole number you re in. Then trim around the door leading onto the deck. To provide a common reference point measure up 8 in. Sometimes there are little pieces of wood between the window and the wooden studs that hold the window tight.

Now you will take a 5 inch strip of flashing and slide it up under the slit above the window. You ll need a zip tool to remove siding. Slide the zip tool under the butt edge. Cutting and installing the siding 1.

Use a hammer or a drill to take out any nails or screws that are holding the window in place. At the top tuck metal drip cap flashing under the siding and on top of the second layer of wrap. Apply a bead of caulk to the felt and set the window in the caulk. Lock the notched.

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. Measure the distance from the inside top of the j channel to the locking tab of the course below and subtract 1 4.