Installing Vinyl Siding Corner Posts

After checking with a level for plumb nail them every 12 inches.

Installing vinyl siding corner posts.

Keep these pests out by capping each post before you install it. Below the bottom of the starter strip. Installing inside corner posts. This video shows how to install certainteed outside corner posts for vinyl siding.

Inside corner posts are installed at the existing corners running from 3 4 in. Hammer the first nail into the nailing slot. 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. 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.

Are your foam corner post inserts falling out the bottom of your post. Expansionwhen the temperature changes vinyl siding expands and contracts. Start by cutting off a few inches of the j channel portion on the post. Mice bees and all sorts of other critters love making their home inside vinyl corner posts.

The way to allow for this expansion is to install the corner post down from the soffit or top of the corner. Each corner should be hung straight so drop a plumb line for each corner post.