How To Remove Vinyl Siding Around Windows

Use a cat s paw or other small pry bar to pull the nails from the course you need to remove.

How to remove vinyl siding around windows.

Then slide the zip tool under the butt edge of the strip above the one you want to remove. If the siding is hard to remove try tapping it with the palm of your hand. Use a hammer or a drill to take out any nails or screws that are holding the window in place. Avoid closing the snips entirely to create a smoother cut.

You ll hook the edge that is locked to the lower damaged strip. Insert the siding removal tool where the panels overlap and pull down and out. Vinyl siding can be cut with either tin snips or a utility knife. Tin snips are used much like scissors.

Slide the tool to the side and it will unzip the seam. Look for a horizontal seam between two courses of vinyl siding. Mark the strip of vinyl you want to remove. If it remains stuck double check to see if.

I would think that the best method would be to remove the whole window peel back the siding and replace it with the same size window with a nailing flange with either the built in channel or j it out. Pull the piece of vinyl siding downward to disengage it from the course below it. Sometimes there are little pieces of wood between the window and the wooden studs that hold the window tight.