How To Install Vinyl Outside Corner Post

Install the corner posts.

How to install vinyl outside corner post. Position the outside corner post to allow 1 4 in. Here is how to do a diy vinyl siding corner repair. Each corner should be hung straight so drop a plumb line for each corner post. Gap at the top where the post will meet the eaves.

If a corner post is installed tight to the shingles and the j channel dead ends into it any water that runs down the j channel will back up at the post and may find its way into the house. Hammer the first nail into the nailing slot. The way to allow for this expansion is to install the corner post down from the soffit or top of the corner. This was a simple project and made our garage look a lot better.

If vinyl soffit is to be installed allow proper distances which vary according to the accessory used below the underside of. Easy way to replace unsightly damaged outside corners on your homes siding. Hold the corner post up a bit and run the j channel beneath it instead. Install 1 2 inch 12 7 mm foam sheathing strips on both sides of each corner then install your corner siding pieces to these strips.

Corner posts above the roofline are a notorious source of water infiltration. This video shows how to install certainteed outside corner posts for vinyl siding. The existing vinyl corner had a big hole. The corner posts should run from 3 4 inch 1 9 cm below the bottom of the starter strip to just beneath the eaves after the soffit pieces have been installed.

Installing outside corner posts. Cut the post long enough to extend past the bottom of the starter strip by 3 4 in.