Adding Window Trim To Vinyl Siding

Remove the pieces of vinyl siding from around the window area.

Adding window trim to vinyl siding.

Vinyl siding can be cut with either tin snipper or a utility knife. If you prefer shades of tan or brown pair a light vinyl siding with a matching soffit and make each window trim piece a darker shade of brown. If you don t wish to. Install siding at the top of a window or door in a similar fashion but this time set the siding on the window channel and use the window trim to mark the cut.

Use a siding removal tool. 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. In this video this old house host kevin o connor adds window trim to vinyl siding with the help of vinyl siding installer richard scalzi. Exterior window trim on vinyl siding if your home has vinyl siding and you d like to add vinyl window trim you will first need to remove the existing siding and j channel from around the windows.

With the window installed the last thing you will need to do to the exterior of the window is to replace any removed vinyl siding. Re install the vinyl siding. Pry off the vinyl siding and j channel from around the perimeter of the window. Instruction on how to install exterior 2x4 trim around a new or old window.

Make the window sill a little wider than the rest of the window frame. Remember that interior window trim can also add or detract from how nice your home looks from the street. Extract nails keeping the vinyl pieces in place in order to prepare vinyl pieces to be removed. Do not cut the vinyl off.

Use this tool by inserting it where a piece of vinyl overlaps a piece below it and then sliding it across until you reach the end of.