How To Remove Vinyl Siding Around A Window

Zip tools specially designed for the purpose are available inexpensively at home supply stores.

How to remove vinyl siding around a window. If the siding is hard to remove try tapping it with the palm of your hand. Use a hammer or a drill to take out any nails or screws that are holding the window in place. Look for a horizontal seam between two courses of vinyl siding. 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.

Insert the siding removal tool where the panels overlap and pull down and out. Use a cat s paw or other small pry bar to pull the nails from the course you need to remove. Then slide the zip tool under the butt edge of the strip above the one you want to remove. If the piece still seems attached to the wall gently pull it outward so it comes free of the channel holding it in.

Mark the strip of vinyl you want to remove. If it remains stuck double check to see if. The current windows are builders grade new construction vinyl windows with the nailing flange and built in channel. The tool slides into the.

Sometimes there are little pieces of wood between the window and the wooden studs that hold the window tight. A unlock siding using a zip tool. You ll hook the edge that is locked to the lower damaged strip.