How To Remove Vines From Siding

They pull off the vinyl with ease but leave this very sticky stuff everywhere.

How to remove vines from siding.

While lush green ivy growing up a wall or trailing across a fence can lend classic ambiance to your yard removing the ivy when you need a change isn t always an easy task. We had boston ivy growing on white vinyl siding and metal trim of garage the little black sucker marks were impossible to remove. An ivy covered wall john from mississauga ontario writes. How to remove ivy marks.

If you want to kill the roots you can do it with table salt using a technique that won t harm the soil. We cut the roots and let the ivy die but we noticed all these little suction cups that held the ivy to the brick and wood siding. Before you do this make things easier for yourself by cutting the roots and waiting a few weeks for the vines to wilt. We didn t like it and we were told to cut the roots and let the ivy die and then just tear it down from the walls.

Ivy suckers are tough and anchor themselves even deeper into wood siding which is naturally more porous than vinyl or aluminum siding. We recently bought a house that was half covered in ivy. They also are wrapping themselves around the vinyl siding. Then paint some brush killer on the stump following label directions.

Sorry to say i found no easy way. To remove vines from siding you must completely remove the vine. Table of contents you will needsteps to remove the residueadditional tips and advicesources advertisement richard asked i have a brick chimney with vines growing from the ground up to the top. Decided to try magic eraser and while it takes elbow grease it completely removed the sucker marks.

Remove a chunk of the stem so there s a gap between the stem and stump of the vine. Others may hide pests like spiders. There s no easier way to remove vines from siding than to pull them off. What s the best way to remove them.

Cut through the vines with the pruning shears. I tried scraping them off and used a wire brush to remove them but didn t put a dent in the problem. When the vine is completely dead it may be easier to remove causing less damage. Start from one end of the wall and cut as you would hedges.

Cut completely through the vines the entire length of the siding. I ve had ivy growing on stucco and steel siding. Wear gloves when you re removing vines.