How To Remove Vinyl Siding Around Windows

Use a cat s paw or other small pry bar to pull the nails from the course you need to remove.

How to remove vinyl siding around windows.

Then slide the zip tool under the butt edge of the strip above the one you want to remove. Tin snips are used much like scissors. If it remains stuck double check to see if. Insert the siding removal tool where the panels overlap and pull down and out.

Vinyl siding can be cut with either tin snips or a utility knife. Use a hammer or a drill to take out any nails or screws that are holding the window in place. The current windows are builders grade new construction vinyl windows with the nailing flange and built in channel. Mark the strip of vinyl you want to remove.

A unlock siding using a zip tool. Sometimes there are little pieces of wood between the window and the wooden studs that hold the window tight. I would think that the best method would be to remove the whole window peel back the siding and replace it with the same size window with a nailing flange with either the built in channel or j it out. Avoid closing the snips entirely to create a smoother cut.

Look for a horizontal seam between two courses of vinyl siding. You ll hook the edge that is locked to the lower damaged strip. If the piece still seems attached to the wall gently pull it outward so it comes free of the channel holding it in.