How To Replace Vinyl Siding Pieces

Marking the position of each piece before you remove it photo 2 will help you reposition the siding without stretching it.

How to replace vinyl siding pieces. The siding slides behind vinyl siding trim pieces that hide the gap and the cut end. Slide the zip tool along the bottom edge to release the vinyl siding from the piece below it. Install siding at the top of a window or door in a similar fashion but this time set the siding on the window channel and use the window trim to mark the cut. Unlike with interlocking.

Install the replacement piece over the existing siding and attach with roofing nails. How to replace one piece of vinyl siding. Work your hand into a seam between pieces then release the siding from the nailing strip. Use the snips to cut away about two inches of the top nailing strip and the bottom j profile from both ends of the replacement piece.

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. I hope this information helps you fix your siding. Cut out the damaged piece of siding leaving a space 2 inches shorter than the replacement piece. Severe weather falling branches and careless children can crack a single piece of vinyl siding without harming its neighbors.

Hi this is peggy. When replacing siding try to purchase a piece from the same manufacturer in the same color. The vinyl siding zip tool will save you loads of time. 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.

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. The corner posts should run from 3 4 inch 1 9 cm below the bottom of the starter strip to just beneath the eaves after the soffit pieces have been installed. Lock the panel into the one below it then gently snug it up before nailing.