How To Replace Vinyl Siding Pieces

Cut out the damaged piece of siding leaving a space 2 inches shorter than the replacement piece.

How to replace vinyl siding pieces. 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. The vinyl siding zip tool will save you loads of time. Severe weather falling branches and careless children can crack a single piece of vinyl siding without harming its neighbors. Install the replacement piece over the existing siding and attach with roofing nails.

Unlike with interlocking. Hi this is peggy. When replacing siding try to purchase a piece from the same manufacturer in the same color. How to replace one piece of vinyl siding.

Install siding at the top of a window or door in a similar fashion but this time set the siding on the window channel and use the window trim to mark the cut. The bottom of the next course is locked into the nailing strip of the course below. Work your hand into a seam between pieces then release the siding from the nailing strip. Lock the panel into the one below it then gently snug it up before nailing.

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. I hope this information helps you fix your siding. Use the snips to cut away about two inches of the top nailing strip and the bottom j profile from both ends of the replacement piece. Marking the position of each piece before you remove it photo 2 will help you reposition the siding without stretching it.

The siding slides behind vinyl siding trim pieces that hide the gap and the cut end. 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. Slide the zip tool along the bottom edge to release the vinyl siding from the piece below it.