Vinyl Siding Quiz
True or False…
______1. Nail vinyl siding super tightly because you don’t want it to move.
______2. Crosscutting vinyl siding is best done with a plywood blade reversed, with the teeth backwards.
______3. Vinyl siding panel overlaps face away from traffic, so that you don’t easily see the overlaps.
______4. Ziplock tool can be used to open beer and soda cans on the job site.
______5. In the nail slots at the top of each vinyl siding panel, put the nail in the center of the slot.
______6. Vinyl siding contacts, or gets smaller, but does NOT expand, or get bigger.
Match the following…
- a.) perforated soffite
- b.) "F" channel
- c.) "J" channel
- d.) dual finish trim
- e.) snaplock punch
- f.) ziplock tool
- g.) undersill trim
- h.) drip cap
______1. Install over exterior door brick mold at top to keep rain out
______2. Put under each window to keep siding tightly clamped
______3. Tool used to ‘unlock’ vinyl siding panels for repair or mistakes
______4. Has two continuous parallel slots in order to receive cut siding panel at top near soffit
______5. Tool used to make a "dimple" in siding in order to secure it tightly into dual finish trim piece
______6. Vinyl trim piece used around doors and at gable ends
______7. This material is white and has many tiny holes for air ventilation and circulation
______8. Vinyl trim piece used to hold perforated vinyl soffit pieces along house and porch