Here is my situation. I have vinyl on my house with aluminum clad windows. I was wondering if I could cut back the vinyl to add a wider trim board around my windows providing a more colonial look. They look so terrible and lifeless.
Basically I was thinking of cutting my siding back 3.5 inches or so, then in stalling a 3/4″ thick vinyl block between the window and the siding. Install j-channel up to the blocking and then 4.5″ cedar trim over the blocking to hid the j-channel. Does that make sense? Would it look silly if my trim was “floating” over my vinyl siding?
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Consider this a bumb, perhaps Piffin will be along. I'd space the trim out so that the
siding goes underneath it rather than using J-channel. If you search the articles,
I think Mike Guertin has one called "Vinyl Siding Done Right" that shows some tricks.
best of luck
-d
Yes, this is do-able. What we do is plow a 3/4" mortise on one edge of a piece of Azek pvc trim, cut back the vinyl with a fine toothed circular saw blade and install the Azek over the cut edge of vinyl. It's messy but looks much nicer than the vinyl trim.
Thanks for the ideas!
I have done this a few times, but skip the J channell. It works fine on the sides and bottom, but at the top you will have to fabricate somes sort of flashing that goes UNDER the siding and OVER the trim. I have modified standard aluminum facia for this flashing.
I have also used this detail on some new construction, as I think that J channell is the ugliest part of vinyl siding
I was pondering how I would flash the top and sides to shed water. I was thinking adhesive water barrier.
I too hate j-channel. I think it is what ruins most vinyl siding jobs.