How To Remove Vinyl Siding From A House

Measure and mark a point 2 inches 5 1 cm away from each side of the removed segment.

How to remove vinyl siding from a house.

Slide the tool about six inches 15 cm from where you inserted it and pry it. Removing vinyl siding is one of the best things one can do to a house. Detaching pieces of vinyl siding 1. Hold the removed segment up to a spare piece of vinyl siding.

Start by lifting an overlapped piece of vinyl on the top row. Use a zip tool to disconnect two pieces of siding. Insert the siding removal tool where the panels overlap and pull down and out. Pull the zip tool out to disengage the.

As much as a homeowner may want good curb appeal their house will never have the appeal of homes of those who understand and appreciate good curb appeal. The vinyl siding zip tool will save you loads of time. Zip tools disconnect a higher piece from a lower piece. Then unzip any pieces above the damaged piece.

Lift up the very top portion of the trim to expose the top edge of the vertical siding. Cut the spare piece of vinyl along the marks using straight tin snips. Pull the zip tool downward and out to unhook the bottom lip then slide it along the edge pulling the siding out as you go. Cut a vinyl patch 4 inches 10 cm wider than the removed segment.

Use a cat s paw or other small pry bar to pull the nails from the course you need to remove. Slide the hook of the zip tool between the buttlock lip and toplock. Pull the piece of vinyl siding downward to disengage it from the course below it. Look for a horizontal seam between two courses of vinyl siding.

You won t be able to. You should be able to slide it horizontally and remove it from the channel to expose the nails from the second row down. The channels around windows and the bottom of the wall secure the edges and bottom row into position. To remove the uppermost piece start at one end of the bottom of the first panel and push the end of the zip tool up under siding until it hooks onto the underside of the lip.

Slide the zip tool along the bottom edge to release the vinyl siding from the piece below it.