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I’m fixing up a 3 year old tract home. The paint is shot. Lots of warped and split trim, backed out nails, etc. It has vinyl siding, with cedar 1″x4″ trim on outside corners.
Is it OK to caulk the gap between the cedar trim boards and the vinyl channel-trim that butts up against it, or will the vinyl movement just defeat the caulk and make the existing gaps look even worse. You have to look close now to see the blue foam sheets in there.
Suggestions appreciated.
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The vinyl moves like crazy. It would be counterproductive to caulk this. That's why the gaps are there. Besides, you don't have vinyl for good looks, so why worry?
*Depending how much the gap bugs you, you could break bend a deeper J-channel....add a half inch to how deeo it is now to cover any exposed edges. I picture this as also having a reverse bend on the nailing flange, so as to go behind and be covered by the wood trim. All you'd have to do is tear off(carefully remove) the wood trim, yank out the existing J, slide on the new J and cover back up. Jeff
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Thanks for the advice guys. Guess I'll leave well enough alone. There's plenty of other things to work on. Goose
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I'm fixing up a 3 year old tract home. The paint is shot. Lots of warped and split trim, backed out nails, etc. It has vinyl siding, with cedar 1"x4" trim on outside corners.
Is it OK to caulk the gap between the cedar trim boards and the vinyl channel-trim that butts up against it, or will the vinyl movement just defeat the caulk and make the existing gaps look even worse. You have to look close now to see the blue foam sheets in there.
Suggestions appreciated.