Installing Vinyl Soffit Panels

Many accessories including trim soffit and fascia are available for a vinyl siding job.

Installing vinyl soffit panels.

To prevent the relatively thin panels from buckling observe these fitting and nailing rules. Siding should be lapped away from high traffic areas i e doors sidewalks etc. Plus 4 80 lf for trim and accessories. It also is necessary to complete the soffit before the final course of siding is installed on the wall.

Vinyl soffit is designed to be easily installed lengthwise from wall to fascia. Home ranges from 4 850 to 5 600 or 4 80 per square foot installed 2 sq. This week we would like to show you how to install soffit products as well as fascia trim products. On hot days because the siding will contract when the temperature drops.

Plus 2 80 lf for trim and accessories. All vinyl siding and vinyl soffit and fascia can be cut with tin snips a circular saw with a plywood blade or by scoring it with a knife and breaking it. Begin panel installation at back corner of house and work toward house front. Vinyl siding must never be applied directly to studs without sheathing.

Space where panel butts corner post. To install vinyl siding to the soffit and fascia area on your home nail lengths of j channel along the inner edge of the fascia leaving the nail heads out about 1 32 to 1 16 of an inch. Soffit panels are similar to vertical siding. The advent of vinyl siding has allowed homeowners with average do it yourself skills to change the look of the exterior of their home more easily than other siding methods such as wood brick or stone.

Welcome youtube family to another how to diy video. Next measure and cut the siding to fit the measurements of your soffit and push each panel into the j channel. Best way to cut vinyl siding and installation. Gap at all ends.

The average cost to install vinyl siding on a single story 1 600 sq. Some manufacturers of vinyl siding do not recommend the use of drop in backers with certain vinyl siding configurations. A soffit is the horizontal surface under a roof overhang. Vinyl siding installation is designed to hang loosely on the sheathing so that it can expand and contract with temperature changes.

Snap bottom of panel into starter strip and nail to wall as in important installation tips. Leave a 1 4 in. Installing first siding panel. Higher quality siding on the same house will set you back by about 10 200 and 11 100 or 8 80 per square foot 4 sq.