How To Start Siding

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.

How to start siding.

When cutting vinyl siding it s usually to go into a corner. When installing the starter strips allow a 1 8 inch space for corner posts and j channels for expansion. Click here to learn some vinyl siding cleaning techniques that will make your house look new. Keep ends of adjoining starter strips at least 1 4 inch apart to allow for expansion.

This is our most comprehensive. Not just another vinyl siding installation video. Once you ve decided where you want the siding to begin drive a nail through a point on your chosen starting height and snap a chalk line around the perimeter of the house. To seal the edge of a siding panel where it has been cut and to secure it to the wall you can use under sill trim.

Cap the corner posts. You need to leave at least 1 4. Spend the extra few bucks on the wider stuff and start your siding a bit lower. In this video i am using lp smartside lap siding to side my house.

I am using special siding clamps that lets me do everything solo. Most suppliers sell two sizes of starter 2 1 2 in. Whatever your measurement is take at least 1 4 or 1 8 on both sides for the panel to slide back and forth.