Installing Vinyl Corner Trim

How to install vinyl and aluminum siding and step 2.

Installing vinyl corner trim.

Take your home from ordinary to extraordinary. Installing inside corner posts. Blend traditional lap siding seamlessly around every bend with vinyl carpentry corner systems or with cedar impressions shakes and shingles with matching inside and outside mitered corners. 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.

The corner posts should run from 3 4 inch 1 9 cm below the bottom of the starter strip to just beneath the eaves after the soffit pieces have been installed. The most common approach here is to install sill trim at the soffits rip down the top course of siding and crimp the siding so the sill trim holds it in place. Pocket screws are the best method of joining corners when you re cementing window and door trim assemblies see next tip. Each corner should be hung straight so drop a plumb line for each corner post.

Measure carefully when applying trim around vinyl or aluminum clad windows and leave a 1 8 in. This works fine most of the time but always add a few blobs of caulking inside the bottom lip of the top course for extra security. Glue and attach the trim once it is cut. How to prepare walls for vinyl or aluminum siding.

This allows the trim to fold nicely around the corner of the wall. Inside corner posts are installed at the existing corners running from 3 4 in. Install 1 2 inch 12 7 mm foam sheathing strips on both sides of each corner then install your corner siding pieces to these strips. Hammer the first nail into the nailing slot.

This article is a continuation of the discussion that began with step 1. Once the vinyl baseboard is folded in the right place use a utility knife to cut about half the thickness of the trim off the outside crease on the outside of the vinyl baseboard. Install the corner posts. Expansion gap between the trim and the window frame.

Use a 4 piece corner system to add a contrasting or coordinating color. Expansionwhen the temperature changes vinyl siding expands and contracts. Install starter strips trim now you re ready to begin installation of the starter strips and corner posts that receive the siding panels. Easily install your own vinyl siding by following these 23 steps.

Rigid foam sheathing to both sides of the corners and nail the corner trim over these strips. Below the bottom of the starter strip.