How To Install J Channel Without Removing Siding

Position the j channel under the window.

How to install j channel without removing siding. Hook a zip tool into the locking or butt edge of the piece of siding above where the j channel is you are. Fold back the remaining flaps and gently tap a crease into them with your hammer. Install j channel under the window. Almost all of my windows have standard j channel that doesn t protrude very far.

Locate the area where you want to remove the j channel. Start by cutting off a few inches of the j channel portion on the post. Through the middle of the slots. Cut and position an undersill trim if necessary see when to use undersill trim.

The vinyl siding trim pieces should slide back and forth slightly. However we really would like a wider trim around the windows. This can be at a corner a windowsill or a doorway. Notch the flaps so the post will fit snug up against the wall.

This will be where the j channel. How to remove a j channel without harming the siding step 1. My wife and i decided to paint our aluminum siding instead of replacing with vinyl. How to remove a j channel without harming the siding 1.

Thrust a zip tool up hook first beneath the overlap where the j channel resides. Locate an edge of the siding. Figure out which pieces of siding you will need to. Gently but firmly pull the tool.