How To Piece In A Section Of Siding Vinyl

Of space between the nail head and the siding so the vinyl can move freely.

How to piece in a section of siding vinyl. Use a cat s paw or other small pry bar to pull the nails from the course you need to remove. Don t nail the heads tightly or the siding will buckle when it warms up. With the new piece nailed use the zip tool to lock the upper piece down over it. Therefore you will need to cut these long pieces of siding to fit the measurements of your soffit.

Keep in mind that the soffit pieces should measure 1 4 inch 6 35 mm shorter than the actual length of the soffit. Use framing square and utility knife to cut through face of siding. Diy how to fix loose vinyl siding with a malco sideswiper siding tool. Insert the siding removal tool where the panels overlap and pull down and out.

Look for a horizontal seam between two courses of vinyl siding. Vinyl siding usually comes in 12 foot 3 66 meter lengths. Nail in the center of the nailing slot and leave about 1 32 in. Pull siding away from house and cut through the bottom edge with aviation snips.

Pull the piece of vinyl siding downward to disengage it from the course below it. All vinyl siding and vinyl soffit and fascia can be cut with tin snips a circular saw with a plywood blade or by scoring it with a knife and breaking it. Soffit and fascia starting with.