Installing Vinyl Siding Corner Posts

Position corner posts at exterior and interior corners and suspend them by two nails driven into the uppermost slot.

Installing vinyl siding corner posts.

Installing inside corner posts. The way to allow for this expansion is to install the corner post down from the soffit or top of the corner. Are your foam corner post inserts falling out the bottom of your post. If you need to stack posts end to end to reach the full height of the wall cut 1 4 inch from the bottom of the top post and position it so that it overlaps the lower post by 1 inch or so so it will shed water.

Mice bees and all sorts of other critters love making their home inside vinyl corner posts. This video shows how to install certainteed outside corner posts for vinyl siding. If vinyl soffit is to be installed allow proper distance below the underside of eaves for soffit installation accessories which vary according to the accessory used. Below the bottom of the starter strip.

Expansionwhen the temperature changes vinyl siding expands and contracts. After checking with a level for plumb nail them every 12 inches. Start by cutting off a few inches of the j channel portion on the post. In this video we share a quick tip on how to keep your corner post insert in place dur.

Hammer the first nail into the nailing slot. Keep these pests out by capping each post before you install it.