Cutting Vinyl Siding In Place

Use measuring tape to measure how much siding you need to cut off.

Cutting vinyl siding in place. You also usually have to make at least one longitudinal cut to trim the last piece of siding that you install on a wall. Fit a circular saw with a fine toothed plywood cutting blade. Measure the length of the section of wall you re covering with siding. Use the straightedge as the guide and place it along the draw line that you want to cut the vinyl siding into step 3.

The total you get is how much you ll need to cut off the siding. We are going to score on the siding instead of cutting so that you don t have to apply much pressure here. For the smoothest cuts put the blade in backward. Lay the vinyl siding on a flat table or workbench.

Put on safety goggles. When installing vinyl siding you have to make accurate end cuts to fit the siding tightly against trim or seamlessly inside a j channel. Failing to do this can result in your circular saw cutting into the workbench or table beneath the siding itself. You might need to wiggle the tool to work it into the.

You should position the siding so that the cutting line is hanging off the edge for obvious reasons. The most common approach here is to install sill trim at the soffits rip down the top course of siding and crimp the siding so the sill trim holds it in place. Line up the place you want to cut with the edge of your table and use a carpenter s square to ensure you make a clean straight cut. Slip the curved end of a vinyl siding zip tool into the seam between two horizontally interlocking runs of siding that you need to remove.

Use your measuring tape to determine where you want to cut your vinyl siding then mark the siding on its underside with a marker. Then subtract that amount from the length of the piece of siding you re going to cut.