Flat Bar To Reattach Siding

When the siding is unzipped bend it up out of the way using your elbow.

Flat bar to reattach siding.

Remove the damaged panel s nails with a pry bar. You ll want to work your way up and down the piece and keep pressure on the bottom of the piece above. Continue to slide the zip tool along the edge until the entire piece is freed. With vinyl siding the nails are hidden by the row above and it is difficult to get to them.

If it is sagging or has come loose from the outside of your house you canmot just drive a few nails through the siding to reattach it. Now the top piece is free and you can remove the nails holding the center piece in place. Find metal siding trim at lowe s today. The tool is available at most hardware stores and usually costs less than 10.

Then you can insert a flat pry bar with masking tape on it and slide the bottom lip of the top piece away from the middle piece. If the fc lap siding boards are nailed very tightly you may be able to reach up under the board you are going to remove using a flat bar to pry gently at the top of the board beneath thus the board to be removed and the lower edge of the board course above it prying thus between the back of the lower board and the wall sheathing just enough to open the boards enough to go back to the hacksaw. Use flat bar to carefully pry up the siding course above. After that slide your flat bar behind the vinyl siding.

Use the flat bar to pry up the siding and remove the nails. Only bend panels enough to gain access to the nails fastening the damaged panel to the side of your house. You can do this with a small pry bar or by hand. To remove the old siding simply score or cut away any old caulk or paint that might be in the joints.

Next use a table saw or circular saw to cut a new piece of vinyl siding to the same size as the damaged one. Now you can press down on the center piece of siding to remove its bottom lip from the bottom piece of siding and its off. Use a pry bar to remove fastening nails little by little as you work towards the opposite end of the panel. I might as well once it s cut you ll simply begin prying away the broken piece.