How To Trim Vinyl Siding Around Door

The trim you choose can turn an average doorway into an inviting entry.

How to trim vinyl siding around door.

Nail the trim every 12 inches on center. Start at one end of the vinyl siding trim around garage door and hold straight down the garage and wake up when you fast to the wall. Cut a piece of vinyl starter strip with aviation snips 1 2 inch shorter than the measurement and attach it with 2 inch roofing nails to the bottom of the wall between the corner and the j mold trim. You will need to remove the siding around the garage door to access and remove the nailing strips nails receiver or j channels that hold the trim in place.

The bottom of the starter strip should be 1 2 inch below the bottom of the boxing. Insert one nail every 8 inches. Mark the perimeter of the opening for the new door onto the vinyl siding with a carpenter s pencil in the location. Cut the trim so it is two channel widths longer than the opening s width.

After a closed garage you can cut windows and doors and use a sheath masking tape to cover the tape to the windows and doors. Windows door and garage trim. Along the tops install j channel trim with horizontal siding and base trim with vertical siding. This will provide a continuous barrier to water.

Miter or cut tabs at the ends. Pry off trim molding surrounding the existing door if applicable with the flat end of a pry bar. 1 remove the vinyl panel directly above. Cut the vinyl 1.