How To Replace Damaged Vinyl Siding

For larger dents cracks or holes start by cutting out the damaged segment of siding and removing it with a zip tool.

How to replace damaged vinyl 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. 15 minute vinyl siding repair with a zip tool. The vinyl siding zip tool will save you loads of time. Pull the nails holding the damaged siding and remove the damaged piece.

If a vinyl piece has come apart from its neighbor the solution is often to push it back up until it locks in place. Cut out the damaged piece of siding leaving a space 2 inches shorter than the replacement piece. But if you need to replace a vinyl panel or part of a panel check your garage or basement to see whether the installer left extra pieces for repairs. When replacing siding try to purchase a piece from the same manufacturer in the same color.

Otherwise take a sample to a siding supplier and look for a close match. Install the replacement piece over the existing siding and attach with roofing nails. Using a zip tool unlock the vinyl siding above the damaged section by inserting the curved tip of the tool blade under the end of the overlapping panel and hook onto the back lip of the buttlock. Take the replacement board fit it in place image 2 and nail it in with a hammer using galvanized nails.

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. Slide the zip tool along the bottom edge to release the vinyl siding from the piece below it. Push the new piece into the nailing strip of the course below. To repair vinyl siding fill in minor imperfections with caulk and then paint it to match the rest of the siding once it cures.

Be sure to nail into the existing holes on the adjacent siding. Start at the bottom of the piece that is being replaced and insert a wooden shim between the pieces of siding as the zip tool slides along the siding. Nail straight down on the replacement board in order to hit studs. Use a zip tool image 1 to unlock the siding from the surrounding pieces image 2.

Work your hand into a seam between pieces then release the siding from the nailing strip.