Cutting Wood Siding For Window Trim

How to repair old rotting wood trim or siding.

Cutting wood siding for window trim.

Fasten pvc trim with stainless steel screws or hot dipped siding nails. Keeping the back corner against the sill trim slide the end of the upside down stool against the jamb. Face nail trims using 2 inch 16 gauge finish nails after every 16 inches apart. Use tin snips to cut a length of j molding 2 inches longer than the width of the window.

Nail the thick part of the trim to the framing with 2 in. Pulling old trim off the historic home involved carefully cutting the caulk seams with a razor knife and then prying it up with a flat bar. Cutting and installing plastic trim cut with carbide tipped saw blades and bits. 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.

Make sure that a drip cap is installed first over the window before going for the hardie siding. Connect the two marks with a square and make an x in the area defined by the lines. You will see the trims lay nice and flat. This is the waste that will be cut out to make the rabbet.

Make a vertical mark where the end of the stool touches the jamb. Place the top piece and hold the trim 3 16 in. Touch up the divided hardie trim boards before trimming them to your window. When it comes to choosing your fasteners don t.

Cement seams for. Cut a 1 inch notch out of the j molding at both ends by scoring it with a utility knife across its top side. Step 3 check the fit then cut to length. Nail the trim to the jamb with 1 in.

How to repair old rotting wood trim or siding. Cut pvc trim boards with the same hand and power tools that you use for. Away from the jamb at both ends and along the base of the window casing.