How To Repair Vinyl Siding Under Eves

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How to repair vinyl siding under eves.

Slide the zip tool along the bottom edge to release the vinyl siding from the piece below it. Position the ladder against the house under the soffit on level ground. Nail the channel along the edge of the house on the wall just underneath the eave or. Ask this old house general contractor tom silva helps a homeowner repair sections of his vinyl siding that have holes.

How to remove vinyl soffit. The vinyl siding zip tool will save you loads of time. Cut a vinyl patch 4 inches 10 cm wider than the removed segment. Use a zip tool image 1 to unlock the siding from the surrounding pieces image 2.

Install j channels on both sides of the overhang. 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. This will bring the opposite edge of the soffit. Start at the bottom of the piece that is being replaced and insert a wooden shim between the pieces of siding as the zip tool slides along the siding.

Repeat the procedure for the top of the damaged siding. How to install vinyl siding on eaves overhangs. Measure and mark a point 2 inches 5 1 cm away from each side of the removed segment. Move the soffit toward the retaining channel under the roof edge.

Hold the removed segment up to a spare piece of vinyl siding. Measure the distance between the two vertical sections of j channels with a tape measure and. 15 minute vinyl siding repair with a zip tool.