How To Take Vinyle Siding Apart

Installing a replacement piece of vinyl siding is the reverse of removing the damaged panel.

How to take vinyle siding apart.

Look for a horizontal seam between two courses of vinyl siding. Lifting the vinyl as you re nailing also creates a strong bond between the sections of the siding. The vinyl soffit uses no fasteners. In this phase we pull each piece as we nail it to prevent the entire siding panel from falling apart.

Slide vinyl soffit out like a puzzle piece. Lean the window upright against a workbench or wall with the sliding panel facing you and open the panel all the way. Cut out damaged section of vinyl siding. Use a zip tool to disconnect two pieces of siding.

Insert the siding removal tool where the panels overlap and pull down and out. Once the zip tool is latched onto the lip pull the siding piece downward and slide the tool horizontally across the entire length of the panel unhooking the lip. 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. Pull the piece of vinyl siding.

We cover how to move doors and windows and create a weather proof exterior. Use a cat s paw or other small pry bar to pull the nails from the course you need to remove. This is our most comprehensive. Slide the panel halfway open.

The damaged panel of vinyl siding will now be flapping free since you have disconnected it at the top and bottom. Grip the edges of the panel and and lift it upward tilt the bottom toward you and. How to take apart sliding vinyl windows 1. Use the right nails finally we use galvanized roofing nails to keep the siding in place.

Not just another vinyl siding installation video. Removing vinyl soffits for replacement or repairs requires a helper to hold the ladder while you work. Zip tools disconnect a higher piece from a lower piece. Here are the basic steps.

Vinyl soffits are the portion under the roof eaves between the wall of your home and the edge of the roof. To remove a piece at your eye level slide the zip tool under the piece above that one. Use the zip tool to release the buttlock at the top and bottom of the piece you want to remove. Remove the nails by using a pry bar.

Instead the soffit fits in between two channels like a puzzle piece.