Replace Vinyle Siding

Material cost includes dump fee.

Replace vinyle siding.

Ask this old house general contractor tom silva helps a homeowner repair sections of his vinyl siding that have holes. The most important part of the job will be underground as a solid foundation must support the new brick. For larger dents cracks or holes start by cutting out the damaged segment of siding and removing it with a zip tool. It s as simple as unzipping the damaged piece and snapping in a new one.

The bottom of the next course is locked into the nailing strip of the course below. If a falling branch or a well hit baseball cracked a piece of your siding don t fret you can make it as good as new in about 15 minutes with a zip tool and a replacement piece. Vinyl siding is tough but not indestructible. To learn how to replace a whole panel scroll down.

Step 1 slide the vinyl siding removal tool just under the bottom lip of the uppermost piece of vinyl siding and pry gently upwards. For vinyl metal or wood siding. 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. Remove siding remove siding panels fasteners and trim pieces without damage to trim or adjacent surfaces.

Remove loose or damaged building paper or wrap. How to replace one piece of vinyl siding. When vinyl siding is first installed it is nailed through a nailing strip. Then cut out a vinyl patch that s wider than the segment you removed and attach it to the siding using caulk.

Use a zip tool image 1 to unlock the siding from the surrounding pieces image 2. When replacing siding try to purchase a piece from the same manufacturer in the same color. Work your hand into a seam between pieces then release the siding from the nailing strip. Severe weather falling branches and careless children can crack a single piece of vinyl siding without harming its neighbors.

Vinyl siding debris disposal. Vinyl siding can be removed from a house and brick put in its place. Subscribe to this old house. Repeat the procedure for the top of the damaged siding.

Unlike with interlocking. 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.