Installing Vinyl J Channel

Get the details right when you install vinyl siding and you ll save yourself hours of frustration.

Installing vinyl j channel.

Square corner j channel installation. Through the middle of the slots. 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. Cut and position an undersill trim if necessary see when to use undersill trim.

Remember to caulk wherever. The vinyl siding trim pieces should slide back and forth slightly. Installing j channel around windows and doors. Drive roofing nails every 8 to 10 in.

Cut and install. You can use roofing nails that are made of galvanized aluminum or stainless steel with high user ratings and good resistance to corrosion. Hold the corner post up a bit and run the j channel. To install vinyl siding to the soffit and fascia area on your home nail lengths of j channel along the inner edge of the fascia leaving the nail heads out about 1 32 to 1 16 of an inch.

Installing j channel for soffit. When installing j channel at either wall of fascia board nail every 8 to 12 203mm to 305mm. Well done installation of the j channel gives the vinyl siding a professional look in corners doors windows and other edges of your home. Simply slide the siding panel into the folded j channel.

If necessary bend the siding to fit into place. J channels are used around windows and doors on inside corners and where the siding meets the soffit or roof at an angle. Install the j channel against the casing and nail it to the wall following nailing instructions in important installation tips. Position the j channel under the window.

Install j channel under the window. Do not nail tight. If the soffit is to turn a corner cut and install j channel to allow 1 4 6 4mm for expansion at each of the adjoining walls and fascia boards. Don t drive them tight.