Fixing On Top Of Vinyl Siding

As you will soon see it is the technique used in the interlocking process that is the trick to removing and installing the siding.

Fixing on top of vinyl siding.

Then install the recently bought piece at the less visible location. The most common mistake homeowners make is nailing the vinyl siding too tight. Even if you find an exact replacement the siding on your walls may have faded meaning that the new pieces will be noticeably darker. The advantage to using vinyl siding on the exterior of your home is you will not need to paint it as frequently and it is easy to repair using only a few tools.

Then cut away the siding. Slide the zip tool along the bottom edge to release the vinyl siding from the piece below it. 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. Use tin snips to cut out the damaged area image 1.

Because you cut away the channels at the top of the molding you must nail directly through the molding instead of placing the nails in the designated channels that you used in the rows below. Without an additional layer of siding to cover it as it touches the soffit. Make the outline large enough to include space for the deck boards on top the ledger and any trim boards on the sides. Slot the vinyl siding into the lower siding and nail the top of the vinyl with 3d nails that match the color of the vinyl siding.

The entire structure of vinyl siding is based on overlapping sections with the attachment point on each row of siding covered by the one above it. For most of the house this method works wonderfully except for the top row. Vinyl siding will expand and contract when the temperatures change. If the repair is on a highly visible portion of the house you may want to remove a piece from a less visible part of the house perhaps in the back or behind a bush and use that as the patch.

The patch should be larger than the piece you removed. Use a table saw or circular saw to cut a patch from a good piece of vinyl. Start by making an outline on the siding where you want to position the ledger board. Run a bead of adhesive caulk around the back of the patch and set the patch in place top image.

Vinyl siding is thin flexible moves with variations in outside temperature and relies on being interlocked at the top and bottom to achieve its weather tightness. Nail undersill trim j channel will also work over the bottom cut using 11 gauge aluminum nails.