Installing Vinyl Trim Around Windows

Certainteed window and door trim puts out the welcome mat creating a first impression with lasting effect.

Installing vinyl trim around windows.

Installing vinyl siding around windows. It s all done by eye with a sharp pencil a miter saw and an 18 gauge nailer. Along the tops install j channel trim with horizontal siding and base trim with vertical siding. The vinyl siding trim pieces aren t as critical.

Before installing door and window trim first caulk around the openings to create a moisture and air proof seal. It is decorative providing a contrast to the area around the window and also it keeps water from. Here s how they do it. In fact you may want to re side an entire wall with new vinyl.

Cut a 45 degree angle on one end of the trim and hold it so the short end of the angle. Instruction on how to install exterior 2x4 trim around a new or old window. When installing window molding start at the top. Install the tops first then the sides and then the bottoms of the window surrounds.

Exterior trim around a window serves two purposes. Available in a variety of colors and styles vinyl siding is widely used and favored by many contractors and do it yourselfers for its durability. If you have to add new siding position it in an obscure spot like the base of a wall or behind the garage. For even more personality and charm add a decorative corner or crown molding above the door or window.

Most trim carpenters don t even use a tape to trim windows. How to install exterior trim around a window.