How To Remove Siding To Install A Deck

Add the next to last board.

How to remove siding to install a deck. Then cut away the siding. Wood or concrete siding will have to be cut away using a circular saw. You may need to remove the next to last board in order to slip the last board in place. You can then trim the pieces to be reinstalled with a j channel after the deck is completed for a clean finished look.

Add the next to last board then drive the screws. Our decision to remove the siding raised questions amongst our family and friends. Install the kickout flashing underneath the first shingle photo 1. Do not fasten yet.

This is our most comprehensive. Pull the piece of vinyl siding downward to disengage it from the course below it. Use a cat s paw or other small pry bar to pull the nails from the course you need to remove. Look for a horizontal seam between two courses of vinyl siding.

To prevent water from seeping behind the deck s ledger board and rotting the board and the siding the flashing must cover the top of the ledger board and bend over the edge. Slip the last board under the siding. Make the outline large enough to include space for the deck boards on top the ledger and any trim boards on the sides. Do not fasten yet.

Add felt if needed before nailing the new wood on and prime the new wood on all four sides before installing it. Most people would say that once you ve invested in vinyl there s little desire to remove it unless it needs to be repaired. Insert the siding removal tool where the panels overlap and pull down and out. We cover how to move doors and windows and create a weather proof exterior.

Not just another vinyl siding installation video. How to use flashing between vinyl siding and a wood deck. If needed tap with a hammer and scrap piece to force it all the way down. Aluminum and vinyl siding can easily be removed with tin snips from an area one foot surrounding the ledger board location.

If the shingle already has flashing on it the kickout flashing has to slip beneath it and you ll have to loosen or remove siding to do this.