How To Remove And Replace A Piece Of Vinyl Siding

Hgtv expert henry harrison shows how you can reattach it using a vinyl siding removal tool also known as a zip tool.

How to remove and replace a piece of vinyl siding.

When replacing siding try to purchase a piece from the same manufacturer in the same color. Use a cat s paw or other small pry bar to pull the nails from the course you need to remove. The vinyl siding zip tool will save you loads of time. Hold the loose undamaged piece of vinyl up and out of the way with one hand.

Work your hand into a seam between pieces then release the siding from the nailing strip. 15 minute vinyl siding repair with a zip tool. Slide the zip tool along the bottom edge to release the vinyl siding from the piece below it. First you nail up the new piece driving nails through the slots in the nail hem then you connect the buttlocks with the zip tool.

Insert the siding removal tool where the panels overlap and pull down and out. Zip tools disconnect a higher piece from a lower piece. First remove the corner piece then slide the zip tool under the siding and loosen it up. Starting at one end of the damaged piece push the end of the zip siding removal tool up under the siding until you feel it hook the bottom lip.

With the other use the claw end of a hammer to pry up the nails holding the damaged piece of vinyl to the wall. Be careful because older siding can become brittle. You may want to wait for a warm day when the siding will be softer and more pliable. Look for a horizontal seam between two courses of vinyl siding.

Use a zip tool to disconnect two pieces of siding. Use the zip tool to release the buttlock at the top and bottom of the piece you want to remove. Lift up the very top portion of the trim to expose the top edge of the vertical siding. To remove a piece at your eye level slide the zip tool under the piece above that one.

Pull the zip tool out to disengage the. Pull the piece of vinyl siding downward to disengage it from the course below it. Push the new piece into the nailing strip of the course below. Slide the hook of the zip tool between the buttlock lip and toplock.