Installing Vinyl Siding Corner Posts

In this video we share a quick tip on how to keep your corner post insert in place dur.

Installing vinyl siding corner posts.

Mice bees and all sorts of other critters love making their home inside vinyl corner posts. If you need to stack posts end to end to reach the full height of the wall cut 1 4 inch from the bottom of the top post and position it so that it overlaps the lower post by 1 inch or so so it will shed water. Are your foam corner post inserts falling out the bottom of your post. 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.

Position corner posts at exterior and interior corners and suspend them by two nails driven into the uppermost slot. Start by cutting off a few inches of the j channel portion on the post. The way to allow for this expansion is to install the corner post down from the soffit or top of the corner. Keep these pests out by capping each post before you install it.

Fold back the remaining flaps and gently tap a crease into them with your hammer. After checking with a level for plumb nail them every 12 inches. This video shows how to install certainteed outside corner posts for vinyl siding. Installing inside corner posts.

Below the bottom of the starter strip. Each corner should be hung straight so drop a plumb line for each corner post.