Installing Vinyl Soffit Panels

Many accessories including trim soffit and fascia are available for a vinyl siding job.

Installing vinyl soffit panels.

Soffit panels are similar to vertical siding. This week we would like to show you how to install soffit products as well as fascia trim products. Leave a 1 4 in. Space where panel butts corner post.

Gap at all ends. Welcome youtube family to another how to diy video. Home ranges from 4 850 to 5 600 or 4 80 per square foot installed 2 sq. On hot days because the siding will contract when the temperature drops.

Plus 4 80 lf for trim and accessories. Always refer to the installation guide on the particular vinyl siding that you re installing but most vinyl siding panels should overlap each other by at least an inch. The average cost to install vinyl siding on a single story 1 600 sq. A soffit is the horizontal surface under a roof overhang.

Begin panel installation at back corner of house and work toward house front. Best way to cut vinyl siding and installation. It also is necessary to complete the soffit before the final course of siding is installed on the wall. Some manufacturers of vinyl siding do not recommend the use of drop in backers with certain vinyl siding configurations.

Installing first siding panel. Higher quality siding on the same house will set you back by about 10 200 and 11 100 or 8 80 per square foot 4 sq. Vinyl siding installation is designed to hang loosely on the sheathing so that it can expand and contract with temperature changes. All vinyl siding and vinyl soffit and fascia can be cut with tin snips a circular saw with a plywood blade or by scoring it with a knife and breaking it.

The installation of soffit will determine the positioning of the inside and outside corner posts. Vinyl siding must never be applied directly to studs without sheathing. To prevent the relatively thin panels from buckling observe these fitting and nailing rules. Siding should be lapped away from high traffic areas i e doors sidewalks etc.

Plus 2 80 lf for trim and accessories. The advent of vinyl siding has allowed homeowners with average do it yourself skills to change the look of the exterior of their home more easily than other siding methods such as wood brick or stone. Vinyl soffit is designed to be easily installed lengthwise from wall to fascia. As an alternative installation of specific types of drop in contoured foam underlayments for various styles of vinyl siding are available.