How To Replace Vinyl Siding Pieces

Step 1 slide the vinyl siding removal tool just under the bottom lip of the uppermost piece of vinyl siding and pry gently upwards.

How to replace vinyl siding pieces.

Replacing vinyl siding corners requires the loosening of the siding nearest the corner before you can remove and attach the new corner to the home. Vinyl siding will expand and contract when the temperatures change. The best way to get a replacement piece is to take the broken piece to vinyl siding distributors in your area and find the closest match. Severe weather falling branches and careless children can crack a single piece of vinyl siding without harming its neighbors.

Work your hand into a seam between pieces then release the siding from the nailing strip. If you nail it too tight it will buckle and crack. The bottom of the next course is locked into the nailing strip of the course below. Install 1 2 inch 12 7 mm foam sheathing strips on both sides of each corner then install your corner siding pieces to these strips.

When replacing siding try to purchase a piece from the same manufacturer in the same color. When vinyl siding is first installed it is nailed through a nailing strip. You will know when the siding is in. The second mistake is not snapping vinyl siding pieces into place allowing the siding to lift in windy conditions.

How to replace one piece of vinyl siding. To prevent this from happening pull up on every piece until it snaps in.