How To Remove Siding On A House

You can remove your vinyl siding with something you have laying around the house.

How to remove siding on a house.

Zip tools disconnect a higher piece from a lower piece. Vinyl siding is installed from bottom to top so start at the top and work your way down when removing it. Detaching pieces of vinyl siding 1. Slide the tool sideways and pry upward.

Slide the separating tool underneath the bottom edge of the siding piece that is directly above the piece. Remove the anchoring nails. You won t be able to. Wood or concrete siding will have to be cut away using a circular saw.

Cut the nails at the bottom of the row above the boards you re replacing. Use a wide paintbrush to apply the stripper to a 2 to 3 foot wide area of the siding. The perimeter of every wall has trim pieces j channel sill utility trim etc. Apply chemical stripper to the siding.

Isolate the piece of siding you need to remove and find its outermost edge on either side. You can remove your vinyl siding with something you have laying around the house. Cutting the nails will let you remove rotted boards without damaging those your e saving. Here are the basic steps.

Use a cat s paw or other small pry bar to pull the nails from the course you need to remove. Aluminum and vinyl siding can easily be removed with tin snips from an area one foot surrounding the ledger board location. Look for a horizontal seam between two courses of vinyl siding. To get at the nails carefully wedge out the bottom of the siding 1 8 to 3 16 in.

The trim secures the edges of vinyl in position and hides any nail heads. Pull the piece of vinyl siding. 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. Allow to sit until the stain begins to lift and bubble.

You can then trim the pieces to be reinstalled with a j channel after the deck is completed for a clean finished look. Insert the siding removal tool where the panels overlap and pull down and out.