2.
Install (1) one 4-1/4" siding
panel over single door. Cut
panel to fit. Siding should
extend 3/4" below door header.
1.
Install (2) two 4-1/4" siding panels over the door header on the side wall. The siding should
extend 3/4" below the door header. Wall trim, installed later, will hide where the siding butts
the front wall siding.
Tip; Paint the siding and trim boards before installing the trim.
Step 13 Install Siding on Door Headers
Cut 4-1/4" x 48" Siding
Panels to Fit
Step 14 Install 12' Side Wall and Door Trim
3/4" Below
Bottom of Header
1.
Install (2) two 75-3/4" long 1x3 corner trim boards to the side wall flush with the top 2x4 wall
plate and flush with siding on the front and back walls. Use 6d galv. nails, spaced 12" apart.
2.
Repeat on opposite side wall.
2.
Install (2) two 1x3-72" boards along the sides of the door opening. Tack these boards with a
couple nails; you may want to move the trim later when you install the doors.
3.
Install a 1x3-72" trim board across the top of the side door trim. The header siding will extend
below this trim board.
Siding Extends Below Trim
Double Door
Side Wall
Flush
1x3
75-3/4" Trim
Flush with Top Plate
1x3-72" Trim
1x3-72" Trim
Tip: Use
straight edge
to make flush