How To Cut Siding Straight

Utility knife place a strip of siding face up on the work table.

How to cut siding straight. Use measuring tape to measure how much siding you need to cut off. Mark the line you want to cut on the siding with a pencil. Instead measure the length of the wall that you ll be covering with the vinyl siding. Place that strip of vinyl siding so that the piece and the line you want to cut are slightly off the.

Score along the straightedge with a utility knife. I show you a simple wooden jig i built myself to cut new aluminum soffit. 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. Hold the siding steady.

It saved me countless hours of work. With a pencil and measuring tape mark. The resulting number should be how much vinyl you need to cut off of the main siding section. Using tin snips for long vertical cuts 1.

Cut the panels if necessary to fit the openings allowing 6 4mm for expansion. Bend the strip of siding along the cut and snap the vinyl. Measure the length of the section of wall you re. Clamp or hold a straightedge or square along the cutting marks and score a line with the tip of a sharp utility knife blade.

Then subtract this number from the total length of your vinyl siding piece. To get the best cut support the plank on a workbench and allow only a small section to overhang. Follow these steps on how to cut vinyl siding with a circular saw. Then bend the sheet back and forth a few times to snap it.

Set aside the straightedge. This jig can also be used to easily cut vinyl. And you can use the same technique anytime you need a straight cut on aluminum or other light gauge sheet metal even steel. First lay a strip of vinyl siding onto a flat and clean working table.

A furring strip should be installed to prevent panel detachment. Use a carpenter s square to draw the line straight.