How To Remove Siding From Mobile Home

Slide the separating tool underneath the bottom edge of the siding piece that is directly above the piece.

How to remove siding from mobile home.

Make sure to use a vinyl siding removing tool for proper removal. Find the lowest part of the home and make a chalk line. To remove a piece you will have to unhook the piece above the piece you want to remove. Prep the job.

In this video i show you how to put new siding on. Remove the existing siding from the exterior of the mobile home with a pry bar. Measure and cut a corner post allowing for about a half inch gap between the top of the post and eave. After removing any existing siding scrape away any old caulking particularly around windows and door.

You can rent or purchase a j rail and zip tool to make the removal process quicker. Trailer homes have the worst luck when it comes to constant repairs. If the siding is hard to remove try tapping it with the palm of your hand. Isolate the piece of siding you need to remove and find its outermost edge on either side.

If the piece still seems attached to the wall gently pull it outward so it comes free of the channel holding it in. Most mobile home windows mount to the thin sheet of metal skin of the mobile home and do not have siding. Insert the pry bar under the siding and pry out to. Pull out nails that do not come out easily with a nail puller and a hammer.

Remove the siding from around the window if you have siding. Using your tool find a seam in the siding slide the tool under and stretch to pop it loose. Modular mobile homes usually have siding that overlaps the window frame.