How To Take Vinyle Siding Apart

Remove the nails holding the strip directly above the damaged area.

How to take vinyle siding apart.

First you nail up the new piece driving nails through the slots in the nail hem then you connect the buttlocks with the zip tool. Cut out damaged section of vinyl siding. Vinyl soffits are the portion under the roof eaves between the wall of your home and the edge of the roof. Once the zip tool is latched onto the lip pull the siding piece downward and slide the tool horizontally across the entire length of the panel unhooking the lip.

Remove the nails by using a pry bar. Slide vinyl soffit out like a puzzle piece. Insert the siding removal tool where the panels overlap and pull down and out. Installing a replacement piece of vinyl siding is the reverse of removing the damaged panel.

Zip tools disconnect a higher piece from a lower piece. Reveal the nails anchoring a piece to the wall by sticking the zip tool under the bottom of the piece above it. Here are the basic steps. Pull the piece of vinyl siding.

Grip the edges of the panel and and lift it upward tilt the bottom toward you and. To remove a piece at your eye level slide the zip tool under the piece above that one. Use the zip tool to release the buttlock at the top and bottom of the piece you want to remove. Instead the soffit fits in between two channels like a puzzle piece.

Lean the window upright against a workbench or wall with the sliding panel facing you and open the panel all the way. The vinyl soffit uses no fasteners. In this phase we pull each piece as we nail it to prevent the entire siding panel from falling apart. Working in one direction unzip.

Slide the panel halfway open. Use a zip tool to disconnect two pieces of siding. Use a cat s paw or other small pry bar to pull the nails from the course you need to remove. Use the right nails finally we use galvanized roofing nails to keep the siding in place.

Removing vinyl soffits for replacement or repairs requires a helper to hold the ladder while you work. The damaged panel of vinyl siding will now be flapping free since you have disconnected it at the top and bottom. Not just another vinyl siding installation video. How to take apart sliding vinyl windows 1.

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