How To Remove Vinyl Shake Siding

To remove a piece at your eye level slide the zip tool under the piece above that one.

How to remove vinyl shake siding.

Cut the main stems at the base of the root. Removing and installing vinyl siding vinyl siding panels are interlocked at their top and bottom edges via j shaped channels called buttlocks. Pop a level chalk line for the starter strip an inch or two above the bottom of the siding. This will kill the top part of the ivy plant.

These lightweight easy to install panels speed up installation and boost curb appeal. Nail vertical vinyl corners to the corners of the house making sure they are plumb. Nail the starter strip to the siding aligning the top of the strip with the chalk line. To repair a damaged piece of cedar impressions siding use the cedar impressions repair kit available through your local certainteed distributor.

Don t simply pull the ivy away from the wall because doing so can damage the siding and any masonry near it. For instructions on how to remove and replace a panel refer to the certainteed vinyl and polymer siding instruction guide cts205 page 113 116 or view the video online. Use the zip tool to release the buttlock at the top and bottom of the piece you want to remove. Zip tools disconnect a higher piece from a lower piece.

Reveal the nails anchoring a piece to the wall by sticking the zip tool under the bottom of the piece above it. Use a zip tool to disconnect two pieces of siding. Each panel overlaps the panel below it and locks into place along the buttlock joint.