How To Attach A Porch Roof To Vinyl Siding

Relatively flat siding can remain intact but clapboard beveled wood metal or vinyl siding should always be cut away.

How to attach a porch roof to vinyl siding.

If you want to hang something from your vinyl siding don t even think about drilling through it to attach a hook to the sheathing. The porch roof will attach to the house slightly below the second story windows to a vertical exterior wall currently covered with vinyl siding. If you have beveled horizontal siding then use an inverted piece of siding as shown in the illustration here to create a plumb flat surface for attaching the ledger. Step 7 connect the house and the porch roof with flashing.

Then cut away the siding. First use roofing nails to secure the flashing to both surfaces bending it in the middle if needed. Always refer to the installation guide on the particular vinyl siding that you re installing but most vinyl siding panels should overlap each other by at least an inch. If the porch ceiling is not strong enough to support the siding and nails attach nailing strips to the edges and parallel to the ceiling joists with construction adhesive.

Then coat the areas where the flashing meets the siding and where it meets the new roof with roof sealant. On lean to roofs where a sloping roof plane meets the siding endwall flashing is necessary to prevent leaks. Set the blade depth so you won t cut into the house sheathing below the siding. Detecting and correcting deck ledger problems around 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. To tie the roof into the siding the tin roofing panels must first be installed to. Start by making an outline on the siding where you want to position the ledger board.

Detecting and correcting deck ledger problems around vinyl siding. Join the area between the porch roof and the vinyl siding with metal flashing. Nail undersill trim j channel will also work over the bottom cut using 11 gauge aluminum nails. There are at least three alternative ways to do it.

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. You will then attach to the nails to the strips.