How To Take Down Vinyl Siding Ceiling

For tough spots like paint drips tar and pencil and pen marks use a nonabrasive bathtub cleaner or nylon scrub pad.

How to take down vinyl siding ceiling.

Vinyl siding panels are interlocked at their top and bottom edges via j shaped channels called buttlocks. If the siding is hard to remove try tapping it with the palm of your hand. Marking the position of each piece before you remove it photo 2 will help you reposition the siding without stretching it. The siding slides behind vinyl siding trim pieces that hide the gap and the cut end.

Use the zip tool to release the buttlock at the top and bottom of the piece you want to remove. Clean tough stains off with a nonabrasive cleaner or a homemade vinyl siding cleaner of soap and water that won t damage the surface of the vinyl. Invert the j channel vinyl siding pieces included with. How to install vinyl siding on a porch ceiling step 1.

Move the soffit toward the retaining channel under the roof edge. Installing a replacement piece of vinyl siding is the reverse of removing the damaged panel. Each panel overlaps the panel below it and locks into place along the buttlock joint. This will bring the opposite edge of the soffit.

Gently yank down on the vinyl soffit and it should pop out. Then you need to attempt to unsnap it from the next piece and get it loose and out without damaging the soffit or the j channel. Ask your helper to hold the bottom of the ladder while you climb. How to remove vinyl soffit.

Remove any border molding or fixtures from the ceiling. If it remains stuck double check to see if. Lock the panel into the one below it then gently snug it up before nailing. Inspect the ceiling surface to make sure it is solid enough to support nails.

The material cannot split or crack.