How To Remove Vinyl Siding Without Zip Tool

Nail puller pliers are a useful tool for easily removing siding nails.

How to remove vinyl siding without zip tool.

Make sure to have a trash bucket of some kind close to your work area so you can throw all of the nails in it as you go. Thrust a zip tool up hook first beneath the overlap where the j channel resides. Remove enough siding nails to remove or loosen the siding end enough to expose the nails holding the vertical vinyl corner trim in place. Re fasten and re connect the siding.

While holding up the upper siding to expose the nailing. Insert the screwdriver into the bottom locking edge and pry down and out on the edge until you can grab and pull the. This will be where the j channel connects to the locking edge of the lower piece of siding. This is because vinyl siding has a lip referred to as a buttlock that is locked.

Then using a small flat bar or a pair of them remove the siding nails holding the siding in place. Unlock the bottom joint. Remove and replace the corner trim as needed. To remove the uppermost piece start at one end of the bottom of the first panel and push the end of the zip tool up under siding until it hooks onto the underside of the lip.

You can remove your vinyl siding with something you have laying around the house. Vinyl siding is held on by hundreds of nails which you ll be removing along the way. You won t be able. Locate the bottom corner of the piece of siding on top of the siding you are going to remove you will need to unlock.