How Siding Works

Get professional looking watertight results with these residing techniques.

How siding works. You start at the bottom and the sheets interlock into each other as you go up. Home siding no matter the material has two basic functions. Working with vinyl siding. The first is to protect your home from outside elements like rain snow hail or ice.

The second function of home siding is design. You don t want a pressurized source of water to hit the siding directly because you might cause damage to the siding or the wall behind the siding. If you also include painting this will add a few days. Soffit and fascia starting with the soffit nail lengths of j channel against the inner edge of the fascia board.

You ll need a zip tool to remove siding. How to prepare your home. The sheets are 12 feet long and about a foot high. This time frame includes the removal of your current siding prep work insulation new siding installation and final touches.

You ll need specialty tools like this zip tool to work with installing vinyl siding. Make sure to trim shrubbery and trees around your home. Installing vinyl siding in these 23 steps step 1. The siding is made from thin flexible sheets of plastic about 2 millimeters thick pre colored and bent into shape during manufacturing.

Slide the zip tool under the butt edge. There are other elements protecting your home but your siding is the first barrier to entry. Also you want to follow the natural flow of water and aim downward with the hose rather than up from the ground.