Vinyl siding is a popular, durable building material that can provide your home with an attractive and low maintenance finish. Mounting vinyl siding to a block house requires first mounting furring strips to the house upon which the vinyl will be mounted. Once you have the furring strips fastened to the block house, you can attach channels and then the siding panels, which will slide into the channels.
Instructions
Fastening Furring Strips to Concrete Block
1. Use a hammer drill with a carbide bit to drill holes in the concrete block for your sleeve anchors. Stagger these anchors along the length of the furring strips in order to prevent splitting the wood. The holes drilled through the wood and block should match the diameter of the sleeve anchor.
2. Clean the holes in the concrete thoroughly with a wire brush and shop vacuum. Clear the holes entirely of any concrete dust or debris.
3. Hold the furring strip up to the holes in the block and insert the sleeve anchors. Tighten the bolts on the end of the sleeve anchors until they are finger tight. The sleeve anchor will become secured in the drilled hole as the bolt is tightened.
4. Use a crescent wrench to further tighten the sleeve anchors. Fasten all your furring strips to the block using this technique.
Installing the Vinyl Siding
5. Use your level to determine the lowest point of the house. Follow the siding manufacturer's instructions and use your chalk line to snap a guide line at the specified distance above the lowest point. Use the level and chalk line to continue this base line all the way around the house.
6. Nail a starter strip along the chalked base line. A starter strip is a folded piece of aluminum that will hold the first course of siding in place.
7. Fasten the inside and outside corner pieces to the house. Drive nails through the pre-drilled nail holes in the channeled pieces. Leave a 1/4-inch gap between the corner pieces and the eaves of the house. Bring the corner pieces down to the level of the starter strip.
8. Install J-channel around the edges of windows and doors, and under-sill channel underneath the windows and along any horizontal eaves.
J-channel should be fasted along the length of sloped eaves.
Nails should be driven in the center of pre-drilled nail slots in the channel pieces.
9. Install the siding panels. Start at the base with the starter strip, and work your way up. Overlap the panels by 1 inch, and stagger the joints between siding courses by 4 feet. Leave 1/4 inch between the end of the panel and the end of the J-channel in order to allow for expansion.
Siding panels should be nailed in the center of the pre-drilled nail slots.
As you work your way up, check your level every 5th or 6th siding course.
10. Mark the excess siding around windows and doors. Use tin snips to cut through the vinyl vertically, and a utility knife to slice away the excess material. Use a snap lock tool to dimple the cut edges every 16 inches. These dimples will lock the cut piece of siding into the under-sill trim.
11. At the top of the house, use the snap-lock tool to dimple the cut edge of the siding every 16 inches. Lock it into the under-sill trim.
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