Porch Siding Bottom Edge

Add trim to all corners top and bottom of the porch pillars.

Porch siding bottom edge.

Use zip tool to disengage top of siding from the course above. On this job the installers brought the siding right down to the porch floor and to the sidewalks. Beef up the bottom portion of your front porch columns. Flashing materials choices installation details specifications.

The porch skirt porch lattice should always sit inside a frame do not let the bottom of the frame touch the ground otherwise you run the risk of rot and termites. Square up porch posts. Also avoid caulking tongue and groove siding boards together. The width of the frame should be about 3 to 5 inches depending on the height of the porch etc.

Repeat column wrap steps on the top portion of the porch posts. Cut out the damaged piece of siding leaving a space 2 inches shorter than the replacement piece. Lift up the course above and pull the nails holding siding to wall. In cases where the lower portion of a horizontal siding panel must be trimmed so that it may be installed over areas such as steps and porches make sure the panel is furred out with a similar spacer for proper angle and rigidity.

Add siding to each side of porch posts on the bottom portion. While paint does tend to somewhat glue these pieces together caulking them is never advised and can cause permanent damage. Apply wood preservative to the bottom of 2x3s. Wall or siding connection to foundation top porch floors slabs.

Besides being careful to maintain the integrity of the tar paper or housewrap behind vinyl i recommend flashing windows and doors to direct water back out when it gets past the flanges or casing. Bend the wide surface of the channel inward at this cut to make a drip edge tab and slide the tab under the sill channel. Manufacturers even punch weep holes into the bottom edge of siding to let the water escape. Building wall or siding flashing details at horizontal surfaces.

The installers also brought the siding down onto the roof surface where sidewalls intersected a roof. Bottom of siding boards should not be caulked water is meant to exit through the bottom of each board. This aritcle describes the cause repair and prevention of leaks rot damage at a wood framed wall that was not properly flashed and sealed at the wall bottom. And they left out any kind of kick out flashing where the bottom edge intersected with the wall.

At the bottom make a 1 in. Pushing up locks panels together. Pull siding away from house and cut through the bottom edge with aviation snips.