How To Install Vinyl Siding Over Metal Siding On A Mobile Home

Slip the ends of the siding under the installed fittings.

How to install vinyl siding over metal siding on a mobile home. I would like to know if any one here has ever put vinyl siding over metal siding on a mobile home. Finish with a tap of the hand to tighten. Aluminum siding installed on this particular job the home already had aluminum siding. Begin installing the material upward from the starter strip overlapping the edges of the siding by about 1 inch.

Apply the siding onto the home in a staggered fashion. The client had a tight budget and just wanted to patch in new siding to match the existing siding. Obtain a vinyl siding tool. The home was re sided with vinyl over top of the metal.

Could there be any issues with using the vinyl over the old metal siding. Do you have to put something like osb or insulation board under the vinyl or the vinyl just goes on the top of the metal. Hook your tool underneath the siding and pull down to start. Step by step instructions step 1.

Make sure there s a gap of about one eighth of an inch with each piece of siding to allow for overlap. Continue with each subsequent piece of siding until the mobile home is complete. Remove the metal siding. Then slide the tool along the piece of loose vinyl siding.

If so do you have to take the metal off first. To install the furring strips start by cutting them to size so they run from one end of the surface to the other. It was clearly a non professional install due to many discrepancies. Cut the first piece of siding and install it over the starter strip.

Central florida 1978 mobile home with vertical metal ribbed siding. Some of the siding may need to be cut with a table saw to properly fit and overlap the adjoining pieces. Lay the siding starter strip on the chalk line and hammer in a nail about every 10 inches. Typically aluminum is not used anymore to reside residential homes so the siding needed to be special ordered.