How To Start Hanging Vinyl Siding

Get started installing vinyl siding with this video that covers wall preparation fasteners fastening techniques tools chalk lines corner posts and start.

How to start hanging vinyl siding.

We cover how to move doors and windows and create a weather proof exterior. This chalk line should be level and a consistent distance from the eaves or the top and bottom of the windows. Snap a level chalk line for the first starter strip at the base of the wall no less than 8 inches above ground level after determining the lowest corner of the house. The siding must be installed over a flat surface so unless you re siding a new home or have removed the old lap siding you ll need to line the wall with sheets of rigid foam board usually 1 2.

This is our most comprehensive. However the best job that money can buy would be to take off what s there get back to the sheathing put a house wrap on it foam and then apply the vinyl siding. This is where the new siding will begin. Best way to cut vinyl siding and installation.

Gap at all ends. Say goodbye to the brush sweat and tears. To prevent the relatively thin panels from buckling observe these fitting and nailing rules. Vinyl siding installation is designed to hang loosely on the sheathing so that it can expand and contract with temperature changes.

Vinyl siding starter strips. Not just another vinyl siding installation video. When installing vinyl siding on each side of a window or door start on the side that needs the longer panels. 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.