How To Start Putting On Siding

Expert advice on how to install wood or fiber cement lap siding including how to prepare exterior walls and lay out siding for installation.

How to start putting on siding.

Remove any siding or exterior finish that isn t compatible with vinyl siding and make sure the walls are sheathed with a substrate to receive the siding. This is our most comprehensive. For vertical siding install j channel trim. If you don t cut your siding short when it expands in the summer it s going to buckle.

Install trim under eaves rakes. For horizontal siding install f channel trim at the soffit and gable rake. When installing vinyl siding on each side of a window or door start on the side that needs the longer panels. Whatever your measurement is take at least 1 4 or 1 8 on both sides for the panel to slide back and forth.

Install siding at the top of a window or door in a similar fashion but this time set the siding on the window channel and use the window trim to mark the cut. You need to leave at least 1 4. 1 2 inch 1 3 cm plywood or osb are common substrates and these are generally covered with roofing felt or another moisture barrier prior to siding the walls. Longer siding panels don t stretch as readily as smaller ones so they re not as easy to adjust if they get out of whack.

We cover how to move doors and windows and create a weather proof exterior. Not just another vinyl siding installation video. If the top is mitered miter the sides as well. At the bottoms of windows install under sill trim for horizontal siding and j channel trim for vertical siding.