How To Replace Vinyl Siding Pieces

Replacing vinyl siding corners requires the loosening of the siding nearest the corner before you can remove and attach the new corner to the home.

How to replace vinyl siding pieces. How to replace one piece of vinyl siding. Unlike with interlocking. The corner posts should run from 3 4 inch 1 9 cm below the bottom of the starter strip to just beneath the eaves after the soffit pieces have been installed. When replacing siding try to purchase a piece from the same manufacturer in the same color.

The bottom of the next course is locked into the nailing strip of the course below. When vinyl siding is first installed it is nailed through a nailing strip. Step 1 slide the vinyl siding removal tool just under the bottom lip of the uppermost piece of vinyl siding and pry gently upwards. Vinyl siding will expand and contract when the temperatures change.

If you nail it too tight it will buckle and crack. Work your hand into a seam between pieces then release the siding from the nailing strip. Severe weather falling branches and careless children can crack a single piece of vinyl siding without harming its neighbors. To prevent this from happening pull up on every piece until it snaps in.

Install 1 2 inch 12 7 mm foam sheathing strips on both sides of each corner then install your corner siding pieces to these strips. You will know when the siding is in.