Install Vinyl Trim Around Windows

Lineal trim can help unify and accent a home s exterior adding a design element that can be both subtle and distinctive.

Install vinyl trim around windows.

For even more personality and charm add a decorative corner or crown molding above the door or window. A install the building paper. Along the tops install j channel trim with horizontal siding and base trim with vertical siding. This will be used at the top and sides of your window.

How to install exterior trim around a window. Install the tops first then the sides and then the bottoms of the window surrounds. Pry off the vinyl siding and j channel from around the perimeter of the window. When installing window molding start at the top.

Most trim carpenters don t even use a tape to trim windows. 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. The flashing is crucial for creating a watertight seal around windows and doors. With vinyl siding aluminum is the best material for flashing.

Unscrew and remove the storm window from the outside of the window. Instruction on how to install exterior 2x4 trim around a new or old window. The vinyl siding trim pieces aren t as critical. Install j channel around the window.

If you have to add new siding position it in an obscure spot like the base of a wall or behind the garage. Here s how they do it. Installing vinyl siding around windows. Exterior trim around a window serves two purposes.

It usually comes in 10 inch wide rolls that can be cut into 5 inch wide strips with the tinner s snips. Install door window trim. Before installing door and window trim first caulk around the openings to create a moisture and air proof seal. It s all done by eye with a sharp pencil a miter saw and an 18 gauge nailer.

Cut a 45 degree angle on one end of the trim and hold it so the short end of the angle. In fact you may want to re side an entire wall with new vinyl.