With a utility knife cut the top and side edges.
How to overlap aluminum siding.
The final screw hole for one piece should line up with the first screw hole in the following section.
Attach the strip about once every 16 inches and at the ends.
How to overlap siding.
Use caution when working on ladders.
Normally there is a small notch in the bottom lip of the siding that allows you to place your second horizontal piece against the first.
Typically aluminum is not used anymore to reside residential homes so the siding needed to be special ordered.
Install each sheet with nails laying every sheet straight and being sure to leave no gaps between the sheets.
Bend the square down and then cut across the bottom.
On this particular job the home already had aluminum siding.
Each piece should overlap the previous section of aluminum fascia by 1 to 2 inches but the overlap should be a smooth transition that doesn t cause bumps or raised areas.
Draw a square around the damaged siding.
Lap siding is a traditional form of cladding a structure against the elements.
Be sure that the cuts are straight and follow the correct angles.
Your second piece of siding should overlap your first at its horizontal edge about an inch.
Lap siding is designed to move water down an exterior wall without allowing the water to.
You should not make this joint tight.
Cut the replacement patch.