How To Replace A Bad Piece Of Vinyl Siding

The vinyl siding zip tool will save you loads of time.

How to replace a bad piece of vinyl siding.

The courses should overlap by at least 1 in. Ask this old house general contractor tom silva helps a homeowner repair sections of his vinyl siding that have holes. Cut the spare piece of vinyl along the marks using straight tin snips. 15 minute vinyl siding repair with a zip tool.

Hold the removed segment up to a spare piece of vinyl siding. With the other use the claw. Hold the loose undamaged piece of vinyl up and out of the way with one hand. Measure and mark a point 2 inches 5 1 cm away from each side of the removed segment.

Slip the hook of the zip tool into the joint between the damaged piece and the piece above it. Wiggle the hook into the curved bottom lip of. How to replace one piece of vinyl siding. Above the bottom edge.

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. Subscribe to this old house. When you replace the boards use a homemade reveal set jig to match the reveal of the existing siding. Put the faded siding in as the replacement.

Slide the zip tool along the bottom edge to release the vinyl siding from the piece below it. If you can t buy matching siding or if your siding has faded from sun exposure remove a piece from an inconspicuous place on the back of the house.