How To Cut Vinyl Siding On A House

Soffit and fascia starting with.

How to cut vinyl siding on a house.

Slide the end of the siding off the table until the place where you plan to cut it is just past the edge of the table. Install the cut pieces of siding above and below the windows as normal. Lie a strip of vinyl siding on a flat work table. This is a trick on how to cut vinyl siding the quickest and easiest way without breaking or chipping it.

Make the vertical cuts on the siding panel with a saw and make the horizontal cut with a utility knife then snap out the piece. Mark the line you want to cut on the siding with a pencil. If you re cutting dark vinyl siding use chalk or light colored tape to mark the line you want to cut. Make the line as dark as possible so it s visible when you re cutting it.

Use a carpenter s square to draw the line straight. Not just any circular saw blade will do. Pros draw the cut line on the back of the plank rather than the front for two reasons. 8 install the top row of siding.

Put a carpenter s square. When crosscutting vinyl siding all you need is an accurate measurement of the length of the plank and a speed square to draw an accurate perpendicular cut line. This method is best for cutting a lot of short or long vertical cuts since the circular saw will create clean incisions relatively quickly. With a pencil straightedge and measuring tape you need to draw a straight vertical line at which you want to cut the strip of vinyl siding into.

One is to avoid having part of the line visible after you make the cut. All vinyl siding and vinyl soffit and fascia can be cut with tin snips a circular saw with a plywood blade or by scoring it with a knife and breaking it. First lay a strip of vinyl siding onto a flat and clean working table.