How To Replace A Few Pieces Of Vinyl Siding
Use a cat s paw or other small pry bar to pull the nails from the course you need to remove.
How to replace a few pieces of vinyl siding. A few years ago we enclosed a small porch on our house and i wanted to use siding to match the rest of the house. I m trying to find a few replacement pieces to fix some holes i have in the siding. The vinyl siding zip tool will save you loads of time. Remove a piece of the nailing strip and on the back to allow for expansion and contraction.
White and i think maybe beige or tan. So i was looking for more siding than you are but less than a whole box. Push the upper piece. Insert the zip tool into the hook at the bottom of the piece of vinyl above the new piece.
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. To lock the final piece in place use a zip tool. Insert the siding removal tool where the panels overlap and pull down and out. I have the numbers off of the back of the siding but the local lowe s and the local home depot don t have a way to match them up.
Slide the zip tool along the bottom edge to release the vinyl siding from the piece below it. How to remove and replace a section of vinyl siding. Install siding at the top of a window or door in a similar fashion but this time set the siding on the window channel and use the window trim to mark the cut. Pull the tool downward to bring the hook over the top of the new piece of siding.
Tom uses a zip tool to reinstall vinyl siding which can be found at the local home center. At my local lowe s they did sell vinyl siding in single pieces but only in the most common colors.