Cedar impressions siding (vinyl)
- Thread starter Hubjeep
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Jay is right.
What the fawk, you study this shit in your spare time or what?
No, I bought over a million dollars of the shit in the past year.What the fawk, you study this shit in your spare time or what?
Oh.
He's 100% correct, especially where hub lives.Oh.
They tend to use a smooth finish trim in hub's climate. The composition is different and holds up to humidity and the cold better than the grain pattern we typically see. This was interesting to learn half way through a project in Canada.
Stuff still looks like new though 5 years later ON THE BEACH with ZERO maintenance.They tend to use a smooth finish trim in hub's climate. The composition is different and holds up to humidity and the cold better than the grain pattern we typically see. This was interesting to learn half way through a project in Canada.
Cool, thanks how about Alside Pelican Bay?
The idea was to trim the windows to create a notch for the siding to end in, is this what you suggested with 5/4? It would have to be fairly thick though probably using 1/2" insulation and the siding over that.
Window reveal is 1.25"
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I have windows already in. Does this integrated channel come in the trim?
What about a piece of 1x2 around window, run the vinyl siding into it, and put a piece of wider trim over all of it (1x3)?
Ralph
VIP
Integrated J-channel looks like this:I have windows already in. Does this integrated channel come in the trim?
Not the best idea in the long run IMO. You'd have to paint everything before you install it, and then how do you keep it painted on the back sides in the future? Remember that siding has one functional purpose only: to shed water.
If your windows don't have integrated J-channel, just use regular J-channel right next to the brickmould. Personally, I'd have the brickmould wrapped in aluminum, but that's just me.
Ah, thanks. Yeah, I don't have the channels, anyway how do you trim such windows?
Paint would not be an issue, I am using Azek for all exterior trim, the fascia's are already Azek. No exterior paint.
Ralph
VIP
You don't. You run the vinyl siding right into those channels.
Nothing wrong with making your own J-channel out of that stuff, except it might protrude past the brickmould on the windows and look a bit weird.Paint would not be an issue, I am using Azek for all exterior trim, the fascia's are already Azek. No exterior paint.
Ah, ok, I just figured out what "brickmould" is, that makes sense. Yeah, between the 1/2" insulation panels and vinyl it may stick out a bit more than the 1.25" reveal that the windows have. Built-in j-channel windows would have made this more cut and dried, but trim around the windows will look nice.
Ralph
VIP
If you trim out the windows with a homemade j-channel, I strongly suggest you caulk the mitered joints to keep water from seeping in there.
Built-in j-channel windows would have made this more cut and dried, but trim around the windows will look nice.
Technically, you don't need to build a homemade j-channel... Most people would just use regular siding j-channel and butt it right up to the brickmould.