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I got the siding started on my project and have made some pretty good progress so far. I've run into a couple of issues that I am not sure about, and there are still some things I don't know how to do.
The first thing I ran into was cutting the corner posts wrong. I didn't take into account that the corners wrap around both sides of the building, and the sides on the gable ends need to continue to run on up until they hit the gable soffit. I measured from the soffit on the eave walls down + anpother 3/4" or so and cut them. I then realized what I should have done was measure down from the gable soffit and add 3/4", and then notch out the part wher it runs into the eave soffit. To avoid buying four new corners, I was able to patch my mistakes, but I would have rather not had the patches. Oh well..live and learn I guess. I pulled the corner pieces on and off a few times too, trying to figure out if I had them straight and aligned with the walls..Pain in the rear..
I did all 4 corner posts, all the soffit, and all of the j-channel that receives the siding first. The places that don't have any soffit covering them will be covered with metal, along with the fascia.
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After putting my starter strip pieces on, I started running siding up the back wall and got it done pretty quick. Running the siding doesn't take any time compared to the trim work.
Here is the back wall (16' long)
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And here is the left side wall (12')
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corner of back and side wall -
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The second problem I ran into happened when I got to the top of the back wall. the siding did not work out right and I have a nailing strip right up under the j-channel. In the picture you can see the locking tab just peaking out from under the j-channel. I can't get a nail in the nail holes, and I can't put a cut off of the next piece on to cover the lock tab because the channel is covering where I need to nail.. I don't know if it is something I did incorrectly or if it is something that could have been prevented..What happened here? More importantly, what do I do to fix it?
I did the gable end wall next and it worked out fine. there was one very small piece right up in the peak, but there was enough there where I could get a nail in it with a spacer behind it to keep it flushed out to the j-channel. It turned out great-
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The last question I have is that I am not sure what I am supposed to do around my entry door and my garage door. I know I could simply run j-channel around them, but I have the feelinfg it will look cheap if I do it like that. My door is an outswing unit, so the jamb that has trim already installed is to the inside. I saw the door trim kits you can get at the store. Would this be good to put around the outside? Same thing with the garage door...I feel like it would look better with some trim boards around it, and then j-channel butting up to the back of that. How would I do the doors correctly?
The first thing I ran into was cutting the corner posts wrong. I didn't take into account that the corners wrap around both sides of the building, and the sides on the gable ends need to continue to run on up until they hit the gable soffit. I measured from the soffit on the eave walls down + anpother 3/4" or so and cut them. I then realized what I should have done was measure down from the gable soffit and add 3/4", and then notch out the part wher it runs into the eave soffit. To avoid buying four new corners, I was able to patch my mistakes, but I would have rather not had the patches. Oh well..live and learn I guess. I pulled the corner pieces on and off a few times too, trying to figure out if I had them straight and aligned with the walls..Pain in the rear..
I did all 4 corner posts, all the soffit, and all of the j-channel that receives the siding first. The places that don't have any soffit covering them will be covered with metal, along with the fascia.
After putting my starter strip pieces on, I started running siding up the back wall and got it done pretty quick. Running the siding doesn't take any time compared to the trim work.
Here is the back wall (16' long)
And here is the left side wall (12')
corner of back and side wall -
The second problem I ran into happened when I got to the top of the back wall. the siding did not work out right and I have a nailing strip right up under the j-channel. In the picture you can see the locking tab just peaking out from under the j-channel. I can't get a nail in the nail holes, and I can't put a cut off of the next piece on to cover the lock tab because the channel is covering where I need to nail.. I don't know if it is something I did incorrectly or if it is something that could have been prevented..What happened here? More importantly, what do I do to fix it?
I did the gable end wall next and it worked out fine. there was one very small piece right up in the peak, but there was enough there where I could get a nail in it with a spacer behind it to keep it flushed out to the j-channel. It turned out great-
The last question I have is that I am not sure what I am supposed to do around my entry door and my garage door. I know I could simply run j-channel around them, but I have the feelinfg it will look cheap if I do it like that. My door is an outswing unit, so the jamb that has trim already installed is to the inside. I saw the door trim kits you can get at the store. Would this be good to put around the outside? Same thing with the garage door...I feel like it would look better with some trim boards around it, and then j-channel butting up to the back of that. How would I do the doors correctly?
