Vinyl Siding Window Drip Cap Installation

For a wood window unit drip cap flashing can be installed over the trim piece often called brick molding that comes with the window or door.

Vinyl siding window drip cap installation.

If you have vinyl or metal flanged windows for instance you can install drip cap flashing 4 the home depot over the window itself or over the top trim piece that you install. Cut the drip cap to the correct size for your window. Drop barely large enough to keep wind driven water from getting behind the siding. This stock drip cap has a short backleg minimal drip leg and is often made from metal too thin to meet code standards.

Using a pry bar you will need to remove a layer of siding from above the window you want to install the drip cap on. Installs with aluminum nails under siding for durability. Window cap 5504900120 the home depot. Amerimax home products 1 1 4 in.

Attach the flashing tape above the window and then slip the drip cap into the siding and attach to the tape. Install siding at the top of a window or door in a similar fashion but this time set the siding on the window channel and use the window trim to mark the cut. Cut the drip cap you have purchased to a length slightly longer than the window you are protecting. The back leg was only an inch and drip leg was just a square 90 degree 1 4 in.

And not very durable. Amerimax home products window cap protects doors and windows against water damage. Just about the window apply flashing tape then slide the drip cap against the flashing tape and under the siding above it.