Installing Exterior Window Trim Over Siding

How to install exterior trim around a window installing exterior window trim.

Installing exterior window trim over siding.

If your home has vinyl siding and you d like to add vinyl window trim you will. Customers see siding jobs both old and new shedding paint and are afraid of the maintenance. Opinions needed window door corner trim sitting proud of battens or flush. The old homes are often just not maintained and look bad and the new homes with wood siding are peeling paint because of improper installation no rain screen gap and inferior materials.

That one long straight line of trim made the siding install super easy. And my dad notched the front door trim around the new threshold so it would run all the way down to the porch floor. Exterior window trim on vinyl siding. Bed the trim frame to the flange with a good quality adhesive caulk before fastening it in place with stainless steel nails or screws.

Once you ve selected your style of casing use measuring tape to figure out the correct. And that s how we got our exterior ready for some siding. No one wants to maintain wood siding and trim these days. In particular installing capping over your window frames reinforces the seal between the windows and the wall which protects you from leaks and water damage.

If you ve used silva s stand off screw method mark where the screws are located and drive fasteners near those locations to keep from distorting the trim while driving the fasteners. These will be easy to trim to exactly the right length at the end.