About Installation Guides - ABTCO Vinyl Siding

Both the stiff foam and siding can be nailed in place with galvanized shingle nails. Vinyl siding can be found in numerous designs and in a variety of colors. We selected a Dutch lap design, which has the look of tongue-and-groove car siding, due to the fact that of its distinctive profile. 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.

This channel conceals the cut edges of the soffit lengths as they meet the fascia. smartliving and soffit pieces have nail slots. Nail at the slot centers to permit for growth and hold the go out 1/32 to 1/16 inch. Do not nail anything tight. If your house has a box soffit or a hip roof, nail a 2nd band of J-channel along the soffit edge as it fulfills your home.

In this case, completions of the soffit lengths can be concealed later by the utility trim of the siding. The angle of the soffit makes the distinction here, however when in doubt, it's finest to funnel both edges. Vinyl Siding Installation Action # 2: Soffit and Fascia PM If the soffit on your house covers around a corner, just like a hip roofing, you'll require to make some provisions for the soffit material's reversal at the corners.

Then, cut the first soffit sections to fit this angle and set up subsequent areas in both instructions. Where existing soffit vents lie, get rid of the vents and set up vented soffit material. Vinyl Siding Setup Action # 3: Soffit and Fascia PM Due to the fact that the soffit pieces come in 12-foot lengths, you'll require to custom-cut each piece to fit the span.

Either bend the soffit pieces to fit, or carefully pry the channel back to get the necessary access. Vinyl Siding Setup Step # 4: Soffit and Fascia PM With the soffit installed, eliminate the rain gutter and slide preformed lengths of fascia cover under the rain gutter apron. Carefully nail the upper part of the fascia with 4D galvanized or pre-painted nails.