How To Attach A Deck To Vinyl Siding

Get a role of tyvek tape to cover up all the holes left from removing the existing siding.

How to attach a deck to vinyl siding.

Start by making an outline on the siding where you want to position the ledger board. Then snap a chalk line across the wall from screw to screw of the existing siding so that your reinstall will be perfectly straight. How to attach a railing to vinyl siding 1. Siding hooks the easiest and safest way to hang something from vinyl siding is to use a siding hook.

Then cut away the siding. And the second is a punch that is used to attach the siding to a special insert undersill trim that goes in the j channel when you don t end at the exact top. From the top of this row and stretch a string line across the deck. To provide a common reference point measure up 8 in.

Locate the rim joist and mark an outline on the siding where you want to position the ledger board using a tape measure pencil and chalk line. Pop the cut piece of. It slips into the groove between adjoining slats and once it clicks into place you can hang items as heavy as 12 pounds. Measure and mark the spot where the bottom of the railing will attach to the vinyl siding with a pencil.

Most hooks are stainless steel so they won t corrode and they are easy to remove when you re done with them. Cut off a 1 4 inch piece of railing from the top and bottom rail to use as a template for the wall mount. Make the outline large enough to include space for the deck boards on top the ledger and any trim boards on the sides. How to attach a railing to vinyl siding step 1.

Slide a rail bracket into the template you made for the. Step 3 add 2 x 8 planks between joists. Nail undersill trim j channel will also work over the bottom cut using 11 gauge aluminum nails. Make sure you have enough room to install flashing above the ledger board and allow for at least a space above the decking preventing water from wicking upwards into wood siding.

Step 2 cut away the vinyl siding carefully cut away the siding with a utility knife braced along the edge of the carpenter s square to avoid slicing through the house wrap. Measure the length and width of your deck to attach the ledger correctly. Hold the bottom rail at the desired height on the vinyl siding. Wood or concrete siding will have to be cut away using a circular saw.

I know that it doesn t necessarily have to be attached directly to the house framing but in that case how do you seal where the porch roof buts up against the wall of the house. Cut a rectangle in the vinyl siding long enough for the angle bracket to fit through with vinyl siding snips. The porch roof will attach to the house slightly below the second story windows to a vertical exterior wall currently covered with vinyl siding.