How To Replace Vinyl Siding Pieces

Vinyl siding will expand and contract when the temperatures change.

How to replace vinyl siding pieces.

How to replace one piece of vinyl siding. Step 1 slide the vinyl siding removal tool just under the bottom lip of the uppermost piece of vinyl siding and pry gently upwards. The downside of replacing older vinyl siding is that it can be hard to match the style and color and siding rarely has any identifying marks. The corner posts should run from 3 4 inch 1 9 cm below the bottom of the starter strip to just beneath the eaves after the soffit pieces have been installed.

To prevent this from happening pull up on every piece until it snaps in. Severe weather falling branches and careless children can crack a single piece of vinyl siding without harming its neighbors. The best way to get a replacement piece is to take the broken piece to vinyl siding distributors in your area and find the closest match. Work your hand into a seam between pieces then release the siding from the nailing strip.

You will know when the siding is in. Install 1 2 inch 12 7 mm foam sheathing strips on both sides of each corner then install your corner siding pieces to these strips. Unlike with interlocking. When vinyl siding is first installed it is nailed through a nailing strip.

When replacing siding try to purchase a piece from the same manufacturer in the same color. Replacing vinyl siding corners requires the loosening of the siding nearest the corner before you can remove and attach the new corner to the home.