How To Cut Siding Straight

The resulting number should be how much vinyl you need to cut off of the main siding section.

How to cut siding straight.

Follow these steps on how to cut vinyl siding with a circular saw. A furring strip should be installed to prevent panel detachment. Measure the length of the section of wall you re. Place that strip of vinyl siding so that the piece and the line you want to cut are slightly off the.

To get the best cut support the plank on a workbench and allow only a small section to overhang. Then bend the sheet back and forth a few times to snap it. Set aside the straightedge. Use a measuring tape for best effect.

Score along the straightedge with a utility knife. Using tin snips for long vertical cuts 1. And you can use the same technique anytime you need a straight cut on aluminum or other light gauge sheet metal even steel. Bend the strip of siding along the cut and snap the vinyl.

Then subtract this number from the total length of your vinyl siding piece. Cut the panels if necessary to fit the openings allowing 6 4mm for expansion. With a pencil and measuring tape mark. Clamp or hold a straightedge or square along the cutting marks and score a line with the tip of a sharp utility knife blade.

Use measuring tape to measure how much siding you need to cut off. If you have to cut a plank down its middle support all of it on a work surface set the blade depth to about 3 4 inches and allow the blade to cut slightly into the workbench surface when you make the crosscut. Utility knife place a strip of siding face up on the work table. If panel is uncut or cut down in the v shaped groove of a piece of vertical siding simply insert it into a 3 8 9 5mm j channel locking the other side on to the previously applied panel.

Instead measure the length of the wall that you ll be covering with the vinyl siding. I show you a simple wooden jig i built myself to cut new aluminum soffit. This jig can also be used to easily cut vinyl. Place a straightedge lengthwise on the strip to mark where you plan.

Mark the line you want to cut on the siding with a pencil. First lay a strip of vinyl siding onto a flat and clean working table.