Cutting and installing the siding 1.
Cutting siding for window.
Instruction on how to install exterior 2x4 trim around a new or old window.
Hold the siding steady.
With the carpenter s square and the siding being held steady with one of your hands start cutting into the section of.
Carry out more cuts as needed until the extra.
Measure the length of the section of wall you re.
Tin snips method put a bit of siding on your work station and line up where you are planning cutting it with the side of your table.
This is the width of the cutout.
This is a trick on how to cut vinyl siding the quickest and easiest way without breaking or chipping it.
Place the piece of siding to be installed under the window along the bottom edge and hold it where it will be located.
Working from the outside use a jigsaw to cut out the siding.
Not all kinds of circular saws can be used to cut vinyl siding.
Then measure from the chalk line to the top of the siding.
Hold the siding snug under the windowsill and mark the window edge location.
Cut out the exterior siding with all the new framing pieces in place drill a hole at each corner through the siding to the outside.
You will use a different type of saw to do this later.
This tool is for cutting a strip of vinyl siding into smaller pieces with vertical short cuts.
Measure the distance from the inside top of the j channel to the locking tab of the course below and subtract 1 4.
Use a carpenter s square to draw the line straight.
Don t cut all the way to the edges of the lines or the corners.
Set the depth of the blade to about inch and cut the lap siding in small increments.
Cut away the extra siding.
Using a circular saw set to the right depth just a hair shallower than our siding to ensure we didn t break through the house wrap or wall and a brace to ensure a straight cut we cut away the extra siding from around our window frame.
Using tin snips for long vertical cuts 1.
Between each cut adjust the blade depth so it is deeper by inch.
You should choose the specific blade for the job.
Go for one with fine small teeth of the same size.
Use at least a 5 8ths inch bit to make holes large enough for a tape measure and use them to mark the outside wall for cutting the siding.
Mark the line you want to cut on the siding with a pencil.
