How To Trim Out Doors With Siding

The siding is a light natural looking wood inspired tan while the trim has a darker cool brown tone that matches the color of the front door.

How to trim out doors with siding.

Before installing door and window trim first caulk around the openings to create a moisture and air proof seal. Install door window trim. Mark the perimeter of the opening for the new door onto the vinyl siding with a carpenter s pencil in the location where the door will go. Certainteed window and door trim puts out the welcome mat creating a first impression with lasting effect.

Install the tops first then the sides and then the bottoms of the window surrounds. For even more personality and charm add a decorative corner or crown molding above the door or window. Trim needs to be installed so water can drain correctly. Lineal trim can help unify and accent a home s exterior adding a design element that can be both subtle and distinctive.

Instruction on how to install exterior 2x4 trim around a new or old window. If we installed the trim after the siding we would have had to caulk a ton to fill in for the different levels the layered siding creates. Things to note when adding trim. Now that the door is prepped the trim can be added.

Where edges of trim meet siding material windows doors or other finished openings leave a minimum 3 16 inch 5 mm space to allow for proper sealing. The trim we used was the same type of material as our siding. If you are widening an existing doorway to install a. Inspect the window trim for dry rot.

Scrape the side of the window trim next to the siding and the immediate edge of the lap siding with a paint scraper to remove old caulk and loose paint. Provide increased spacing along the trim if specified by the siding application instructions. Along the tops install j channel trim with horizontal siding and base trim with vertical siding. Do not miter corner joints of band boards fascia corner trim etc.

Here is an example of the cuts around a. We used pressure treated 2 x 4 s for the trim around the windows and the doorway and then we had to create trim corners for both the inside and the outside corners like the ones in the picture above.