How To Replace A Bad Piece Of Vinyl Siding

Attach the siding with 10d galvanized box nails driven into the overlap at least 1 2 in.

How to replace a bad piece of vinyl siding.

Subscribe to this old house. If you can t buy matching siding or if your siding has faded from sun exposure remove a piece from an inconspicuous place on the back of the house. 15 minute vinyl siding repair with a zip tool. Put the faded siding in as the replacement.

The courses should overlap by at least 1 in. Cut a vinyl patch 4 inches 10 cm wider than the removed segment. With the other use the claw. Slip the hook of the zip tool into the joint between the damaged piece and the piece above it.

How to replace one piece of vinyl siding. Replace siding by working from the bottom up you might need a helper here. Hold the removed segment up to a spare piece of vinyl siding. Measure and mark a point 2 inches 5 1 cm away from each side of the removed segment.

Slide the zip tool along the bottom edge to release the vinyl siding from the piece below it. Above the bottom edge. 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. Wiggle the hook into the curved bottom lip of.

When you replace the boards use a homemade reveal set jig to match the reveal of the existing siding. Cut the spare piece of vinyl along the marks using straight tin snips.