How To Put Vinyl Siding On A Dog House

Vinyl siding is unique in that its color is baked in.

How to put vinyl siding on a dog house.

This means that the color cannot be mechanically abraded scratched off or stripped. Use 2 inch wood screws and screw into the corner wall studs. Measure the width and height of the side of the house treating the measured area as a square or rectangle. The color on top runs all the way through.

Measure cut and install the siding to the frame. When installing in freezing weather below 4 c. This is our most comprehensive. Vinyl siding must be nailed so expansion and contraction are not restricted.

The size of the door will be determined by the size of your dog. Multiply width and height to arrive at the square footage. Smoothen the inside walls of the dog house with plywood. Siding must be cut in lengths to provide for expansion.

We cover how to move doors and windows and create a weather proof exterior. Estimate the quantity of vinyl siding needed. Between nail head and vinyl. Assemble the vinyl siding using the starter strip on all walls of the dog house and you ll finally have a fully insulated structure.

In this video we show you how to install vinyl siding as we finish the exterior of our dog kennel project in part 7. Choose the right nails allow approximately 1 16 in. Do not exclude window and door cutouts since this provides needed excess materials. Use a jigsaw to cut the front door.

Vinyl siding s color is 100 percent homogeneous. Air conditioned dog house duration. If you abhor the idea of exterior house painting this is vinyl siding s strongest point.