Siding J chanel

[scmoose]

The J channel on this section of my siding obviously wasn't installed correctly. Water has been running down the siding, into the J chanel then behind the siding rotting the wood. What is the proper way this J chanel should have been installed. Should the bottom piece have been notched into the side piece?.
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[Duck cutter]

no house wrap or did you just take it off?

[scmoose]

No wrap on that section, its a small roof over the back porch.

[quack head 11]

Can you explain a little better?

Nothing jumps out in those 2 pics as being terrible

[quack head 11]

On second look, why is the j channel over what looks to be the fascia? Looks like metal and then j channel and siding on top

[quack head 11]

If it is how I explained in my second post, the j channel could be removed and a starter strip placed there instead.

[scmoose]

I pulled the other piece of siding off of the to get a better look at that corner. When phone charges I will take a better pic of the way the corner was flashed. The house is wrapped, the roof on pack porch is not.

[quack head 11]

Pretty easy fix

[scmoose]

If it is how I explained in my second post, the j channel could be removed and a starter strip placed there instead.

I think that would solve the problem. Water is running down the bottom J channel than back to the left and draining out behind the siding.

[scmoose]

I don't know shit about vinyl siding. Is a starter strip just the first piece of siding, or is it a specific piece like a J channel or H channel?

[quack head 11]

You would end up with this instead of that piece of j channel.

That way the water can just run down the siding and off to the ground

[scmoose]

Just You tubed it, I think you called it quack.

[scmoose]

You would end up with this instead of that piece of j channel.

That way the water can just run down the siding and off to the ground

Or on to my back deck in this case, must be why they put J channel there.

[quack head 11]

take out j channel and lay you siding back flat. Pop you a chalk line even with the bottom of the siding and the nail up the bottom of the starter strip along the chalk line.

Normally I install starter strip with a 4' level but since the siding is already up, you prolly need to just go with what you have. If you installed strip level and the siding isn't level you'd have to reside that whole wall

[quack head 11]

Or on to my back deck in this case, must be why they put J channel there.

Na they just did it wrong.

Porch mat get weathered but it's better than the wall rotting

[quack head 11]

If we were closer I'd coke do it for you

[scmoose]

I rhink I can handle it. Here is a better picture.
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[quack head 11]

Yep strip will fix you up

[scmoose]

Thanks.

[Civil-Cock]

I know this dude named Keith, great with vinyl. He will help you out.