HOW TO | J-Channel a Window (Perfectly Every Time)
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- Just a descriptive video meant to help anybody who wants to do J Channel for themselves or pick up a few pointers to impress your co workers or boss. lots of ways to do this, I've been doing windows like this for years and years. on family, friends and clients houses. I hope you learned something, and enjoyed.
For the J channel challenge, just do a window, complete, with whichever style you do your windows normally. no need to put UT in your bottom. just do exactly as I did with the window and make sure you post your link on this video in the "pinned comment" section. thanks again!!!
If anybody blows me away I'll send them 100$ speedway gift card just like in the onesquarechallenge
#Jchannelchallenge #howtodojchannel #veteranconstruction
This is one of the best how-to instruction videos I've ever seen as far as construction type stuff. Simple, actually shows us, up close, exactly what he's doing and why etc. You'd be amazed at how many people making these types of videos don't show you simple things.
I really appreciate that man! This is one my most underrated videos in my opinion
@@NWIVeteranConstruction of all the j channel videos I've seen, this is by far the best, detailed, simple, and helpful.
Thanks
@@jonyates3918 awesome. Tried to make this one easy
Doing baby steps for the first time but I'm getting there on my own figure how to wrap easy with just me. Made a base stuck a long pipe that wont bend or tilt then pulled it then work my way down
I'm doing my very 1st residing project. You mentioned "under-seal molding"..... where does that come into play?
This is why its good for Supervisors to do installs in the field with their crew. To catch, and correct mistakes, AND to get reminded why jobs sometimes take longer then THEY thought it should. Good for everyone involved.
ANY good supervisor already “assumes” jobs will take longer than they should. Even when I estimated contracts I always added extra manpower time into my pricing because NO two jobs are alike, no two crews are alike, etc. For example, I shouldn’t expect the same amount of “work” in a day from a team of one journeyman and a helper as opposed to pairing up two of my top paid guys together. Luckily for me a fire sprinkler contractor it was always pretty “easy” to estimate these numbers. Is he a 30 buck an hour guy? That means he should be giving me 30 cutbacks a day on average. It helps that I started my trade from the very bottom as a “shop kid” making 40 bucks a DAY and worked my way up to now running my own business successfully for more than a decade though.🤷♂️
Good job! Love a young man who loves his profession. I trained plumbers for over forty year’s. Many came back years later to thank me that owned their own business. And many who I taught the correct way but started cutting corners soon went bankrupt. The only way in the long run of any business is to do it right the first time. Well done and know you will be a successful business for many years to come.
I've been siding for about 20 years. I exclusively do Smartside but did vinyl for about 10 years. I learned this method about 8 years in and I never turned back. If you put it on first and mark everything with a pencil i found it was way more precise than measuring. Also... with the nail flange on the window we used to bend out the front of the J from the back just a bit so the channel doesn't roll forward and get it nice and tight to the window. Hands down best way to do channel. Great video brother! Just the tip😂😂 glad we aren't the only ones who make that joke.
You’re ok there bud! It’s rare to see people with the patience of Job in this day and age. Keep it up!
This is how you create a how to video. Many of these guys don't show you the details. This guy knows his stuff and and more important knows how to communicate what he knows!
Dude... Your 39 minute video took me about an hour studying your every move... I live in KY and It RAINS a lot.. The Front of my shop has problems with water leaking in so now i'm going to Fix it once and for all.... Thanks bud!! and i couldn't help but subscribing...
Awesome! Sometimes it takes that! Happy to help and thanks for the sub
Don't forget to flash it correctly before installing the j channel
Many thanks for the great vid!
An extra step worth considering is flashing beneath the side J-channel bottoms:
Cut a piece of flashing out of felt paper or flashing tape and install it at the bottom corners of the windows before installing the bottom & side J-channels. Overlap the flashing onto the siding course just below the window. Now, water that runs inside the side J-channels will come out on top of the siding & out it's weep holes, not behind it.
you have the best video out there
to how to trim a window for vinyl siding
I am a contractor in central florida and a lot of the crews here don't know how to trim a window properly
Now I am doing a little project and I will apply your technique
I have an idea but now you mastered for me
keep on with the videos
@sergiosalusso2907 glad you enjoyed! Thank you
What shows most is that you are a decent guy who cares about the quality of your work. Nicely done!
Thank you
"Better to be long than short" Best advice in everything
Thats what she said.
Just started on my brothers siding crew. He's a hot shot kinda like you, but a horrible teacher. This video helped tremendously. I learned a whole lot. Thanks man. And thank you for your service to this country!
Oh god there is nothing worse than a bad teacher. 🙄 they can make the simplest stuff seem like rocket science and they usually blame you for not “paying attention”
This was by far the best instructional video in construction I've seen! Thanks.
Thank you!
Zack, I am a carpenter/ roofer 36 years old doing this work since 18. I can do the 10 minute windows but I never thought about leaving the back half for the flap that bends around to put a nail in it. Thanks for sharing that brother. I always just cut it out and fold it over. But I will be using that next time.
Glad to hear
Same here! Thanks for sharing these videos man. Keep up the good work...
I think most of us cut that off also.
It holds the corners a lot tighter, and, if you start from bottom up like him, it's better water protection
I do the opposite. I cut the back side off and leave the front side, I just cut the rounded edge so it can slide inside the bottom J-channel.
Watched this guy for 3 seconds and knew he was a pro.
I’ve been a carpenter for 25 years and never got good doing siding and J ( I can obviously do it, but I’m slow as hell.
I’ve been looking for “ that one weird trick”
Looks like this dude knows.
Takes one to know one thanks brotha
Newbie here. Great video. I bought the $50 j channel notcher, thinking it would make the job easier. After seeing this video, I stand corrected. It is more difficult to use notcher the colder it gets. It is supposed to have two settings, one to notch two sides to leave the hinge and one to notch all three sides to completely remove notch. When it's cold out, it wants to take the whole notch out every time. Returning this tool tomorrow! Thanks again for the great videos.
I enjoyed the videos I watched. The thing I liked best about your video was the comment you made near the end. "Fast doesn't matter if it's not quality." I worked with a wonderful older gentleman who took me under his wing and taught me volumes of things. One of his lessons and a Howard ism was "There is never time to do it right, but there is always time to do it over." Compared to most guys I've worked I am slow but I feel I always did quality work. I also had to go back and fix other people's work.
So very informative and detailed explanation with patience to explain in detail.Thanks, appreciate.Good workmanship.
Always a pleasure watching others take pride in what they do.
Good to FINALLY see someone on YT properly use sill gaskets/flashing membranes.
4 years late. Thank you for a great instructional video. I actually learned a lot.
I’m you but in plumbing. Love to teach and love to show my “little tricks”, you are obviously a great tradesman, and teaching someone “how to”, is satisfying. That is why good tradesman...tradeswoman, charge by the job not by the hour, our experience has to be at a premium. Great job, and doesn’t matter what I watch I always see a trick.
Damn good job there. Wish I was still doing this stuff to be able to use your techniques. One thing I would throw out there that may help someone as it can be easily overlooked, is that when we would do a job like this with new windows being installed, we wouldn’t install the screens for the windows until the very end after the siding. This helps prevent anybody from putting a hole in the screen when they aren’t paying attention. (We had a few guys that were drawn to them like magnets and would inevitably end up putting a hole in one)
Anyway keep up the good work
been looking for a great video like this for years. thank you
no problem at all bud! thanks for the comments
Thank you for this. Best J channel video I have seen. I am a DIY'er and was able to trim out a crappy dryer vent install by a plumber. The corners don't look as tight as yours but they are better than the 'pro' install from the builder.
Thank you! I really put some time and detail into this one
I consider myself a pretty good j-channeler. I thought I knew all the tricks. But after watching how you make your 45° cuts, I was impressed. It made it so much easier. And it looks better. Thanks for the tip.
Hey no problem bud! Happy to help
You make it look easy
I going to have to watch a few more times
I'm fully confident that I can trim a window with J channel. I most likely will NEVER. But now I know.
You explained it very well.
That's what it is here for!
Man it does my heart good to watch you vinyl side this home. I don't know why but I always loved vinyl siding homes it always made me feel good turning a dump into a show place. You guy's do great work...
thanks bud same here!
Well done and it made my DIY siding look like a pro. (perhaps better than some pros around here) Thanks!
You can bet on that! Nicely done sir
I watched the whole thing and this really is a great method! with fail-safes built in! I used this method for my first siding job and it made it make more sense to cut those miters and the whole process really. Thanks dude!
I just used this technique on my windows, and they came out great. Thanks for the video, brother!
Great video. I followed your process and it turned out great!
Amazing video tutorial, and it makes total sense. I'm about to siding for the first time ever tomorrow on my shed and I'm really glad I landed on this!
Happy to help
Thank you very much. This is my first time doing this. And i ve learned how to do the 45.s
Your camera operator does an outstanding job of getting the right shot, at the right angle, at the right height and closeness. Excellent!
I agree, he definitely did a great job on this one
As a tradesman myself, I ALWAYS took the time to teach. 10minutes to show a green guy the “right” way to do something was always better than an hour fixing what they tried to figure out on their own. My favorite “helpers” were the ones who were eager to learn and asked a lot of questions and they eventually blossomed into some of my favorite journeymen to work alongside of. Even with 15 years in my trade I’m STILL always open to suggestions/tips from the guys who came before me.
Also, the fumbling around with the "speed' square did make it super confusing to my trainees, I'm having them watch this because I think there is alot of things we can pick up on what to do and what not to Do. Always want your 45 point furthest away from the window 🪟, it's the same exact angle that's already on the window frame itself, hard to mess that up. Thanks brother.
Your the man. Thanks a lot. I do commercial carpentry so never did siding. I had a siding guy come over an start my j runner. I watched yiur video. Took all his down an re did it the right way lol the way you just taught me. Thanks again!
Awesome video. I’m DIYing my own siding and have been struggling with the J all week. An hour a window. This is so helpful. Thank you so much!!!!
Glad it helped!
Came back to this video because I did the siding on the front of my house last year. Today I tried to J channel around my window on a different part of the house on just memory from last time, as I was nailing I hated the way the corners looked. Long story short I was doing it so wrong compared to this method that I did before and they came out perfect. This is a great video for the part timer like myself
happy to help man! glad this method worked well for you
I installed J channel on 2 windows and they looked terrible. Watched your video, twice, and went and started over with your methods and they turned out very well. Thanks for your service to our country and thanks for a great tutorial for us DIY folks.
Awesome man I'm happy to help
Great no fail advice here. Thank you! My first time doing J and your process worked perfect everytime. Super pleased with my outcome!
Thank you I appreciate it
Definitely gonna fail. You never 100% miter the j. It's going to expand and contract.
Amazing demonstration of proper trim on the outside of a window. I have scoured multiple videos(maybe that added to my understanding), but this video was the real kicker to understanding the concept.
I’m siding my house now, this is how I’m doing all my windows and doors. Great video, thank you!!
Happy to help
Measure once, nail 3 times. Got it. 😃👍
I watched this video while installing my first J channel pieces. You helped me get perfect corners. Thanks!!
Hell yea that's what it's here for! Elongating that angle a smidgen and opening the mouth of that cut will do it every time! Thanks for the comment
@@NWIVeteranConstruction For sure..I kept telling my wife as I was cutting that angle..."I need to cut a bit off the line", along with other tips you gave. Thanks!
Thank you for this, after my first attempt, which took me way longer than I would like to admit...and looked awful, I found your video, and that made the rest go so smoothly. It is so nice to not have to use the measuring tape as often, and all my cuts now look so much better. Thank you for taking the time!
No problem. Happy to help
Great video on how-to instructions. I'd also like to see a video about j-channel retrofit installation
Dude, your video helped us alot. Thank you sir
We got mini speed squares, they are 1/3 of the size, work very well. I'm Grimley Services in Minnesota. Just starting out on my own.
Great video! I may give it a shot on a window install on my primary residence.
Definitely made that easier to understand than the way I was taught.
Great video! Many years ago I worked for a contractor (1990 or so). I helped install vinyl siding on a few houses back then but I would never have considered myself knowlegable. I recently had to re-side my back room because of crappy old masonite siding falling down. I've watched a bunch of videos to refresh myself on doing it. Your video made it possible for me to get great results doing J channel around my windows & door. Remarkable. You obviously know what you're doing. And I appreciate your help!
That's awesome man! Happy to help n Glad you got it done right
I never had a teacher for much either. My mistakes and the things I done right taught me and now, have made me prosperous. It's to easy once you take the time to learn and to also learn how to learn that sometimes there is a better way than the first. Complacency is the downfall of a lot of the workers and I've seen it first hand. I'm a roofer. I do inside work and outside. Anything but heating and air. Your videos have made a difference in certain things I do because I liked your technique. Thank you for everything bro, keep up the good work. Every video is helpful to me if no one else lol
thank you for letting me know! there's nothing more rewarding than knowing these videos are helping fellow installers. that's what they're here for. I do just about everything as well! hope you stick around to see the indoor work I have in store. if you saw the roof measuring video you can tell in the beginning I have more cut out for me yet at the flip house
Most useful video regarding J channel that I've seen
Thanks bud! Definitely one of my favorites to do
I learned a lot. It worked the first time, and I’m a total rookie. Thanks
Nice job! Happy to help
I work with windows about 20 years a different countrys Brazil Canada Chile Italy and U.S. and make fast clean and happy customer...
Congrats buddy
Glad to see that you fold over the corners of the j channel. Best way to do it👍
Thanks for the video! Getting ready to re-side my own house and this was extremely helpful.
Bet those windows turned out crisp!
Thanks for teaching us Zach. You are a great teacher.
I appreciate that man
Dude, I’m a commercial carpenter, and I’ve learned more from your videos [that I’ve watched in 4 months] then I have, from any “ticketed” guy I currently work with.
Thanks for being awesome 🤙🏾
I appreciate that bud! Glad it helped and Thanks for the comment
When siding , green and red snips for sure , and Wiss are the best brand in my opinion.
Midwest
@@butadreamwithinadream I want to try Midwest bc I hear so many good reviews but dang they are pricey right?
Totally agree. I can j much faster without a tape measure and it will be tighter, better...
Thank you verryy much. I just did my window like you show it and it works perfect. Thanks again
You're welcome!
That's the problem messed up on with a J channel great job showing me
When you trim out your windows with aluminum I do the built in window j. Also I use the midwest snips from menards. But out of all the people iv seen j channel in my 7 years of doing siding theres only 3 or 4 people I no who can j channel good. And yours looks good. Keep taking pride in your work
Good job. If you leave the corners on it they will lock into the other piece. It’s hard to explain but if you know, you know.
It's nice to see someone taking pride in little details like that. So many houses these days are built with little care. The totality of poorly done little things turns into one big crappy job. On the new house I built, I don't think the people that put the window flashing around the windows gave one diggity damn shit if it stuck or not. Why bother then? Anyway, good job to you guys!
haha
Getting ready to do siding for the first time.. thanks for the video, got alot more confidence going in now!
awesome best of luck
Thank you same here never done this before doing remolding my parent's house siding wrapping and the j-channels on my own but watching this helps my confident I can do it
Glad I could help
Lots of swinging D'S & egos. Great video. I like how u had issues along the way, it shows the person watching what to do in those moments and they are common in the process. U don't have to blame it on (Matt) or his rookies, it happens to all of us.
Red snips are lefts not rights. The cut in left direction. Hence “lefts”
The notching tool is more than worth it.
I make that notch in 1 second and it's very clean.
Nice video, thank you for showing us.
That's how I've always done it. Just makes sense
After failing miserably on my first try. I watched your video and made myself a test square out of the scrap J and now I got it!!!. Thanks for the lesson. 1 down 5 more to go on my project.
Only gets easier! And cleaner!
You can always make the 45's longer if you're struggling and then just cut the points off
@@NWIVeteranConstruction Great idea
Gracias por compartir tus ideas my brother saludos cordiales desde Chicago Illinois
De nada mi amigo. Bien ciudad primero!
Good instructional video thanks bro 😎
Very helpful video and tutorial. I watched it 5 x because I learned something each time. You seem to be an outstanding person in many ways. Thank you so much.
Wow, thank you!
Just finishing my 3000 sq ft place, great video, I want to share some tips I used. I bought the tool that cuts-bottom out. Worth the money to save time, but not necessary. But my siding is wood colour and with snips left the cutouts showing the plastic colour. Tool makes neat cuts. The tool I said can cut a small tab but Zack’s idea is way better for attaching. The corners at 45, if you keep it a few inches long then you can bend it over and keeps corner crisp and in place. I also too a 6” piece, cut perfect 45’s on each corner, used as a temp plate. Had some big windows and was hard to hold sides and get top figured out. I would get the bottom first, the sides at bottom are easy todo, then by leaving the sides a bit long at top, using my template I can trim the side piece at top, both sides, then measure the piece, keep few inches each side long like video, I did left side first, then put the piece up and used my template to measure the angle ect, then, put it up and Bammmm! Done. Looks great. As a tradesman I tell my apprentices my way works, here is how to do it, but, it’s ok to tweak it as you like. Thanks again.
Thanks for the comment bud! I just don't have it in me to buy that tool so I can clip the ends to accept a 45. Coz like you said, With the way I do my corners I'm leaving that flange that the tool cuts off.
Great video, I just needed a refreshing video. Thanks
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for the video. I watched it twice and then once while I did my first window and it looks mint. I only messed up on my extra that gets tucked under. I cut one 45 closer to the edge, but I kept it.
Thanks again.
Happy to help
Excellent tutorial!! Bravo.
Great video thx. You make it look soooooo
Simple. Great tips.☺👍👍👍👍
Thanks for your videos. I’m a contractor and they have helped me a lot!
I've never done j that way, but it's a pretty rad way to do it, I'm gonna give it a shot!...I like it!...clean and tight!
great video. just put up j channel for the first time after watching this and looks great. Thank you and thanks for your service!
Happy to help
Very helpful. Thanks.
That tool your talking about is well worth the money, no pencil no speed square needed, you can J a window in no time at all, it took me a long time to buy a pair but worth every penny!
Great Info! Thanks for keeping it simple, and unedited!
Excellent video I would guess you're from new york.. You remind me of some guys that I work with.. very knowledgeable and straightforward great info and training ..
Thnx for the tips Bro
We work much alike
Semper Fi from Boston
Stay Strong
Keep the Faith
Right on glad you enjoyed
Thank you for this information and your service to make us safe.
Nice workmanship sharp clean corners
Thank you so much it's been very helpful
Glad it helped
Thanks. Used your techniques for my install, very happy with the results!
Awesome! Glad it helped you out
Thank you for this video God bless you.
You're a lifesaver bro...
Thanks glad it helps you
All three sides were spot-on as to measuring and cutting. I am having a real rough time with only the top piece. The miter has always been falling short.
sorry to hear that! maybe you needed to make sure you were holding the far end flush to where you want them to sit before you made your mark? you can always elongate your 45 also, and nip off any extra. better long than short.
Thank you! This video was extremely helpful!
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