Cutting Wood Siding For Window Trim

Make sure that a drip cap is installed first over the window before going for the hardie siding.

Cutting wood siding for window trim.

Away from the jamb at both ends and along the base of the window casing. Face nail trims using 2 inch 16 gauge finish nails after every 16 inches apart. Brads spaced about every 6 in. When it comes to choosing your fasteners don t.

How to repair old rotting wood trim or siding. Keeping the back corner against the sill trim slide the end of the upside down stool against the jamb. Using a circular saw set to the right depth just a hair shallower than our siding to ensure we didn t break through the house wrap or wall and a brace to ensure a straight cut we cut away the extra siding from around our window frame. Use tin snips to cut a length of j molding 2 inches longer than the width of the window.

You will see the trims lay nice and flat. This is the waste that will be cut out to make the rabbet. Touch up the divided hardie trim boards before trimming them to your window. Nail the thick part of the trim to the framing with 2 in.

Make a vertical mark where the end of the stool touches the jamb. Cement seams for. Nail the trim to the jamb with 1 in. How to repair old rotting wood trim or siding.

Cutting and installing plastic trim cut with carbide tipped saw blades and bits. Step 3 check the fit then cut to length. Cut a 1 inch notch out of the j molding at both ends by scoring it with a utility knife across its top side. Whenever possible we used additional material to spread out the pressure at the fulcrum.

Fasten pvc trim with stainless steel screws or hot dipped siding nails. Cut pvc trim boards with the same hand and power tools that you use for. Cut away the extra siding.