There are no soffits. When it rains pretty much all the bay surface is exposed to the rain. Tops of the corner siding pieces are exposed so water gets behind them.
I got sever suggestions….all of them star with a complete vinyl siding removal and adding tyvek.
1) Reside back with vinyl. Add a drip edge to the top of the existing facia.
2) Reside back with vinyl. Replace the facia cap with one that ends with a drip edge.
3) Replace the facia board with PVC (board) extending all the way to the top edge of the windows, use PVC for corner pieces (miter joint glued) extending to the sides all the way to the edges of the window. Bellow the window would have vinyl siding.
4) The same as 3 but instead use the “advanced engineered wood siding” on all surfaces of the bay. I forgot the name of the product. But it looks like a plywood. Per the contractor the plywod is highly compressed and has super long warranty, no need to paint. The edges cannot be miter jointed, they butt the pieces as they are without cutting a miter, one pice can extend little bit past the other and the created inside corner is sealed with silicone.
Any suggestions of feedback?
Thank you!
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Take the corners all the way to the roof, then do what's necessary to the facia "board" to go over the corners so it looks the same as it does now. A drip edge on the roof would be a good idea.
I don't do vinyl myself, so...
I would probably use a board as the facia and cover it and the tops of the corner with coil stock, but I'm sure it could also be done with vinyl.
All in all, the bay probably should be stripped and checked for water damage, then weathered in and resided.
What material would use here instead of vinyl?
(The rest of the house is vinyl but I think it would not be a mistake to switch to a differemnt better performing material on the bay window.
Well, there is always hardi plank, a favorite of mine. There's no reason vinyl can't be used though. Those little pieces of siding by the windows are unattractive, so I would be tempted to use pvc trim boards all around the windows with no siding pieces. Also place a pvc board under the windows for a better appearance. Then keep the vinyl under the windows to be consistent with the house.
Is this the correct interpretation of one of your suggestions?
Remove everything including the facia board.
Repair any water damage if any.
Install Tyvek.
Install vinyl corners as it was done originally but all the way to the roof.
Install facia board to go over the corners.
Cover the top and front of the facia board (over the vinyl corners) with coil stock.
Install PVC trim on all four sides of the windows (butted to the windows, facia board, and inserted into the vinyl corners)
Add vinyl siding under the window.
Add roof drip edge.
The facia board could butt with the top of the windows or there would be a PVC trim?
The facia's coil stock cover would not wrap around the bottom edge of the facia board but would extend little bit past the facia board bottom edge, lat say 1/2”, to create a drip edge like area?
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I think that would work well, but I think my second idea of removing everything, and repair/replace any damaged areas, new tyvek, new cellular pvc trim boards above, below, and covering all the area between the windows; mitered as needed and glued, caulked and otherwise waterproofed, with vinyl siding below all that. Also, the narrow section of vinyl at the bottom looks wrong and could be improved upon.
I would make sure no water intrusion can occur by using butyl or whatever you use as ice and water shield to seal the window flanges to the tyvek.
That setup is a vinyl siding nightmare. Would be "interesting" even with wood, but far more straight-forward. (I can imagine doing it with hardboard planks and tin corners, but those are hard to find anymore.)