Cutting Siding Around Windows

Place the piece of siding to be installed under the window along the bottom edge and hold it where it will be located.

Cutting siding around windows. Marking the position of each piece before. Gap at all ends. Down preassemble the corners install fiber cement using a few special techniques layout the siding courses remove the plastic last flash the butt. Cutting and installing the siding 1.

You will use a different type of saw to do this later. Lock the panel into the one below it then gently snug it up before nailing. Install the siding a mark the cuts for siding under the window. Visually depending on the design style you are trying to achieve how you finish around windows can have a massive impact on the aesthetic.

Using a circular saw set to the right depth just a hair shallower than our siding to ensure we didn t break through the house wrap or wall and a brace to ensure a straight cut we cut away the extra siding from around our window frame. Use the snips to cut through the nailing hem. Measure the width and height of the window and add 1 2 inch each way for clearance. Place the siding that has to be notched under the window.

Cut away the extra siding. Set the depth of the blade to about inch and cut the lap siding in small increments. Lock the notched. Here are the most common options for finishing a hardieplank siding exterior around your openings.

Mark the location for the top of the window at the siding with a felt tip marker. The siding slides behind vinyl siding trim pieces that hide the gap and the cut end. B cut the siding to fit under windows. Between each cut adjust the blade depth so it is deeper by inch.

Don t cut all the way to the edges of the lines or the corners. Measure the distance from the inside top of the j channel to the locking tab of the course below and subtract 1 4. Fiber cement is tougher than other materials hold the starter 1 4 in. Then use the utility knife to.

C install the notched siding. Best way to cut vinyl siding and installation leave a 1 4 in. Instruction on how to install exterior 2x4 trim around a new or old window.