Attaching Porch Railing To Vinyl Siding

Next slide drip flashing behind the vinyl so the lip fits over the top of the ledger as shown at right.

Attaching porch railing to vinyl siding.

It slips into the groove between adjoining slats and once it clicks into place you can hang items as heavy as 12 pounds. The first step is to mark on the vinyl where the bottom of the rail will be. Pop the cut piece of. Pop the bottom of that piece of vinyl free and slide the bracket up behind it and out through the slit.

Siding hooks the easiest and safest way to hang something from vinyl siding is to use a siding hook. Then tack the ledger into place with 16d nails. Possibly 1 2 inch plywood will work. Cut off a 1 4 inch piece of railing from the top and bottom rail to use as a template for the wall mount.

Two guys custom cut and install 31 feet of vinyl porch railings using a portable saber saw with a 10 inch blade drill and bits for square screw heads. Most hooks are stainless steel so they won t corrode and they are easy to remove when you re done with them. I know that it doesn t necessarily have to be attached directly to the house framing but in that case how do you seal where the porch roof buts up against the wall of the house. Hold the bottom rail at the desired height on the vinyl siding.

How to attach a railing to vinyl siding step 1. Measure and mark the spot where the bottom of the railing will attach to the vinyl siding with a pencil. The builder also appeared to have cut out small area of vinyl siding bottom beam of railing and secured into siding with 1 small screw and silicone around area. How to attach a railing to vinyl siding 1.

Cut a slit in the vinyl that the bracket can fit through. Install undersill trim along the edge of the vinyl over the flashing at the top and bottom. Nail j channel along both sides of the cutout. Hopefully you ve got blocking there.

Bend the vinyl as needed for access and screw the bracket to the house. Pull the vinyl back into place and caulk the slit. You will need to separate the interlock on the siding and place a piece of wood behind the siding and then re do the interlock. Cut a rectangle in the vinyl siding long enough for the angle bracket to fit through with vinyl siding snips.

Even better would be a piece of bevel siding. The porch roof will attach to the house slightly below the second story windows to a vertical exterior wall currently covered with vinyl siding.