Soffits or Siding? Which to do first?

[Mark Chapman]

I am planning to have my house re-sided and have a complete re-do of the
soffits and siding as well. I will probably have to do one before the
other. The question is which? Is there anything about installing vinyl
soffits and siding that makes one better done before the other?

Thanks in advance

[dabeln]

I'd do the soffits first.

Mark Chapman wrote in message <36DC1D8A...@ibm.net>...

[Rick and Lisa Marinelli]

In my experience, the "F" track that holds the vinyl soffits covers
the nails used to install the top trim track of the siding. That
would explain why we always do the siding first.

Rick Marinelli
rickandlisa"deletethistoemail"@erols.com
http://www.erols.com/rickandlisa

[rod...@cwix.com]

In article <36dd34b0...@news.erols.com>,

rickandlisadel...@erols.com (Rick and Lisa Marinelli) wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Mar 1999 17:39:57 -0600, "dabeln" <dab...@ibm.net> wrote:

> When at possible, do siding first. The top row of siding uses a finish trim
pc. to insert your top course into, Then ypou can use soffit J channel butted
to the finish trim of siding. Possible advantage is that this would become a
flashing over thr finish trim. Soffit first would have the siding finish trim
butted to the soffit J channel, possible disadvantage would be a place for
water to get in the walls.

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[Rick and Lisa Marinelli]

On Thu, 04 Mar 1999 04:44:38 GMT, rod...@cwix.com wrote:

>In article <36dd34b0...@news.erols.com>,
> rickandlisadel...@erols.com (Rick and Lisa Marinelli) wrote:
>> On Tue, 2 Mar 1999 17:39:57 -0600, "dabeln" <dab...@ibm.net> wrote:
>> When at possible, do siding first. The top row of siding uses a finish trim
>pc. to insert your top course into, Then ypou can use soffit J channel butted
>to the finish trim of siding. Possible advantage is that this would become a
>flashing over thr finish trim. Soffit first would have the siding finish trim
>butted to the soffit J channel, possible disadvantage would be a place for
>water to get in the walls.
>>

>> In my experience, the "F" track that holds the vinyl soffits covers
>> the nails used to install the top trim track of the siding. That
>> would explain why we always do the siding first.
>>

I stand corrected. The nails in the top trim piece of the siding are
covered by the siding. You can in fact install the siding and soffits
in any order - just make sure to mark the soffit elevation before
installing the siding.

[echapman]

You can really do either first. If you do the siding first, make sure you
level back and snap a line where you want the j-channel for the soffit to
be, then stop the siding finish trim off there. If you have any gables, you
would do the same things, mark off where the soffit jchannel needs to be,
then stop the siding j-channel off at the line.

Mark Chapman wrote in message <36DC1D8A...@ibm.net>...
>I am planning to have my house re-sided and have a complete re-do of the
>soffits and siding as well. I will probably have to do one before the
>other. The question is which? Is there anything about installing vinyl
>soffits and siding that makes one better done before the other?
>

>Thanks in advance

[Mark Chapman]

From what you have said, it seems to me that it might be better to do
the soffits, fascia, and gutters before the siding. I will only be able
to one or the other the first year. $$$$

[echapman]

Schout wrote in message <36efd...@accn1.accn.org>...
>Mark i don't know what your house looks like but, i install the siding
>first on the front and the back. That way you can run the siding up past
the
>point where the soffet connects to the house, then install the F channel
>over the siding. this way you don't need any J channel on the top...

That's wrong. I hope you aren't nailing the f-channel through the siding.
You should always use the correct utility trim. In this case you should
use finish trim for the top piece of siding. Afterall, finish trim is less
than $3 a piece, so it makes no sense to cut corners and do it incorrectly.

>GeorgeMark Chapman wrote in message <36DC1D8A...@ibm.net>...