How To Take Vinyle Siding Apart

Zip tools disconnect a higher piece from a lower piece.

How to take vinyle siding apart.

The vinyl soffit uses no fasteners. Use the zip tool to release the buttlock at the top and bottom of the piece you want to remove. Use the right nails finally we use galvanized roofing nails to keep the siding in place. Remove the nails holding the strip directly above the damaged area.

Reveal the nails anchoring a piece to the wall by sticking the zip tool under the bottom of the piece above it. We cover how to move doors and windows and create a weather proof exterior. This is our most comprehensive. Use a zip tool to disconnect two pieces of siding.

Removing vinyl soffits for replacement or repairs requires a helper to hold the ladder while you work. Instead the soffit fits in between two channels like a puzzle piece. Lean the window upright against a workbench or wall with the sliding panel facing you and open the panel all the way. In this phase we pull each piece as we nail it to prevent the entire siding panel from falling apart.

Pull the piece of vinyl siding. Once the zip tool is latched onto the lip pull the siding piece downward and slide the tool horizontally across the entire length of the panel unhooking the lip. Cut out damaged section of vinyl siding. Look for a horizontal seam between two courses of vinyl siding.

The damaged panel of vinyl siding will now be flapping free since you have disconnected it at the top and bottom. To remove a piece at your eye level slide the zip tool under the piece above that one. Working in one direction unzip. Installing a replacement piece of vinyl siding is the reverse of removing the damaged panel.

First you nail up the new piece driving nails through the slots in the nail hem then you connect the buttlocks with the zip tool. Slide vinyl soffit out like a puzzle piece. Here are the basic steps. Insert the siding removal tool where the panels overlap and pull down and out.

Vinyl soffits are the portion under the roof eaves between the wall of your home and the edge of the roof. Slide the panel halfway open. Use a cat s paw or other small pry bar to pull the nails from the course you need to remove. How to take apart sliding vinyl windows 1.

Remove the nails by using a pry bar.