How To Replace A Bad Piece Of Vinyl Siding

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How to replace a bad piece of vinyl siding.

Subscribe to this old house. Hold the loose undamaged piece of vinyl up and out of the way with one hand. Replace siding by working from the bottom up you might need a helper here. Hold the removed segment up to a spare piece of vinyl siding.

Cut the spare piece of vinyl along the marks using straight tin snips. 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. With the other use the claw. Above the bottom edge.

Cut a vinyl patch 4 inches 10 cm wider than the removed segment. Slide the zip tool along the bottom edge to release the vinyl siding from the piece below it. Wiggle the hook into the curved bottom lip of. Ask this old house general contractor tom silva helps a homeowner repair sections of his vinyl siding that have holes.

Measure and mark a point 2 inches 5 1 cm away from each side of the removed segment. Put the faded siding in as the replacement. The vinyl siding zip tool will save you loads of time. How to replace one piece of vinyl siding.

If you can t buy matching siding or if your siding has faded from sun exposure remove a piece from an inconspicuous place on the back of the house. Slip the hook of the zip tool into the joint between the damaged piece and the piece above it.