How to Install Vinyl Siding Corners

Vinyl siding is an inexpensive way to keep your home looking new. You must install vinyl siding corners to make sure everything is fit together like it should be. The corners are used on the inside and the outside of the vinyl and does require some measuring.

Items Needed

• Pencil


• Paper


• Measuring Tape


• Nails


• Hammer

1. Read over the instructions for installing vinyl to your home. Most instructions tend to be the same for adding the vinyl corners but you want to be safe.

2. Use a pencil to mark the bottom of the vinyl. This means that your vinyl will probably only be installed to a certain length and you can take a pencil to mark that length or also known as the baseline. You can use a more definitive marker to mark the house such as chalk.

3. Understand that you must leave at least a 1/4-inch between the vinyl corner and the actual vinyl. You should take your corner pieces and measure them to make sure they fit on the inside and outside pieces that will come out from the baseline.

4. Start attaching the corner pieces to the inside and outside pieces of vinyl. You can use a nail or screw to hammer the vinyl corner into place.

5. Adjust anything that may be unleveled such as the vinyl or actual corner pieces.

6. Attach the final piece of the corner vinyl into its proper location. Leave enough room for the actual vinyl to move around if necessary.