How To Take Vinyl Siding Apart

Zip tools disconnect a higher piece from a lower piece.

How to take vinyl siding apart.

Installing a replacement piece of vinyl siding is the reverse of removing the damaged panel. Slide vinyl soffit out like a puzzle piece. Not just another vinyl siding installation video. Instead the soffit fits in between two channels like a puzzle piece.

Diy how to fix loose vinyl siding with a malco sideswiper siding tool. To remove a piece at your eye level slide the zip tool under the piece above that one. Removing vinyl soffits for replacement or repairs requires a helper to hold the ladder while you work. How to remove vinyl siding from mobile homes and manufactures homes.

Vinyl soffits are the portion under the roof eaves between the wall of your home and the edge of the roof. Pull the piece of vinyl siding downward to disengage it from the course below it. 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. Use a zip tool to disconnect two pieces of siding.

Insert the siding removal tool where the panels overlap and pull down and out. This is our most comprehensive. Use a cat s paw or other small pry bar to pull the nails from the course you need to remove. Use the zip tool to release the buttlock at the top and bottom of the piece you want to remove.

But you can take apart vinyl sliding windows and bundle the components for disposal or pickup using a step by step procedure. Reveal the nails anchoring a piece to the wall by sticking the zip tool under the bottom of the piece above it. We cover how to move doors and windows and create a weather proof exterior.