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.

Fold back the remaining flaps and gently tap a crease into them with your hammer. 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. Are your foam corner post inserts falling out the bottom of your post. Expansionwhen the temperature changes vinyl siding expands and contracts.

Keep these pests out by capping each post before you install it. The way to allow for this expansion is to install the corner post down from the soffit or top of the corner. Hammer the first nail into the nailing slot. Below the bottom of the starter strip.

Mice bees and all sorts of other critters love making their home inside vinyl corner posts. Start by cutting off a few inches of the j channel portion on the post. Inside corner posts are installed at the existing corners running from 3 4 in. Each corner should be hung straight so drop a plumb line for each corner post.

Installing inside corner posts. This video shows how to install certainteed outside corner posts for vinyl siding.