There is a piece of vinyl siding next to my sliding door. There is a black piece, I think steel or aluminum, screwed to the sheeting. The vinyl sort of zips into it, it has grooves and the vinyl piece has a ridge on the back.
I want to buy one, but cannot find it at Lowes Depot, and have no clue what it might be called.
Anyone?
1kris06 wrote: Is it a starter/under window piece? Linky
No, it's not a starter strip. It's mounted vertically, and has grooves in it. The vinyl piece just pops in. It's a flat vinyl piece with ridges on the back. I have no clue what this animal is.
The end of the story is that I have a not-perfectly-square 1.5" wide gap between the door casing and the 4x4 for the edge of the screen porch. I wish to purchase one of these things so I can cut it to fit, the one which was there already was cut too narrow.
I cut it a few times, but each time it was still too narrow.
No, I'm not really joking.
Sounds like a proprietary corner board and/or trim casing. Apply a backer base clip strip, then add a decorative vinyl cap.
You won't find anything like that at Lowes, and you probably won't find anything similar. Outdated system.
UNLESS, you have a local manufacturer who made a bunch of that stuff, and builders used it frequently in the local market. Then it might still exist locally.
Other possibility- it might be a commercial vinyl system (that I am not familiar with). Something that functioned much like this snap on roof panel and cap system:
ok, so what is the appropriate non proprietary way to cover a gap ranging from 1" to 1 3/4" between the 4x4 and the sliding door casing?
I guess I could glue the remnant of the vinyl piece which was too narrow to a regular piece of siding and just put it vertically and slide it behind the 4x4.
Is that stupid?
I tried a J channel, but the gap is wide enough that I cannot hide the slots behind the casing.
PVC coated trim coil and a rented port-a-brake for a day.
You can make any profile you want.
Option #2 (with no brake):
Nail a pressure treated wood backer piece ripped to 1" thick in the gap.
Buy a vinyl or aluminum pre-bent fascia piece. Cut to desired width (about 1" wider than your gap)
Install with the narrow bend of the fascia against the door casing, and your cut edge hanging over the wood piece, making a fake "pocket" to conceal the raw edge of the vinyl siding. Face nail with color matching aluminum trim nails.
Would a large J-channel work?
Picture?
https://flic.kr/p/VH4vxb
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