How To Remove Vinyl Siding Around A Window

Use a hammer or a drill to take out any nails or screws that are holding the window in place.

How to remove vinyl siding around a window.

The tool slides into the. A unlock siding using a zip tool. Sections of vinyl siding can be removed fairly easily with the right tools. If it remains stuck double check to see if.

Slide the tool to the side and it will unzip the seam. Look for a horizontal seam between two courses of vinyl siding. Pull the piece of vinyl siding downward to disengage it from the course below it. You ll hook the edge that is locked to the lower damaged strip.

Sometimes there are little pieces of wood between the window and the wooden studs that hold the window tight. If the siding is hard to remove try tapping it with the palm of your hand. Mark the strip of vinyl you want to remove. The current windows are builders grade new construction vinyl windows with the nailing flange and built in channel.

If the piece still seems attached to the wall gently pull it outward so it comes free of the channel holding it in. Then slide the zip tool under the butt edge of the strip above the one you want to remove. I would think that the best method would be to remove the whole window peel back the siding and replace it with the same size window with a nailing flange with either the built in channel or j it out.