How To Reattach Plastic Siding

Insert your caulk into the caulk gun and cut off its tip.

How to reattach plastic siding.

Be sure to leave about 1 8 of the nail exposed to allow the siding to flex. If there is no rotten wood visible. Using metal screws with painted heads is an alternate method to install exterior shutters on all types of siding stucco and masonry. Work down the panel using your hand and the siding tool in this way until the panel has completely snapped back together.

The panels should reattach easily. Screw a two inch weatherproof deck screw into each hole to ensure there is still bite to the hole. You may want to wait for a warm day when the siding will be softer and more pliable. Put the tip into the hole or crack you are filling.

Fill imperfections with the caulk. First remove the corner piece then slide the zip tool under the siding and loosen it up. Use a drill with a multi purpose 11 64 inch bit to pre drill holes through the shutter for the screws at each reference mark. If the screw slips right in fill the hole with wood filler.

When the the lip clears the track on the panel underneath it release pressure. Reposition the shutter on the wall. Be careful because older siding can become brittle. How to retack siding step 1.

Inspect the holes in the house that you will screw the shutter into. Press the trigger of the caulk gun until the hole is filled and the caulk emerges slightly from the hole. Use it to grab the locking edge of the loose panel and pull downward. After you get the siding loosened reattach the corner piece.

Slide the tool to within 6 inches of the end of the panel and pull the handle toward you forcing the buttlock open. Hgtv expert henry harrison shows how you can reattach it using a vinyl siding removal tool also known as a zip tool. Under normal circumstances vinyl siding should not come loose if it was originally hung. At the same time use your hand to push the panel onto the upper locking edge of the panel beneath it.