How To Repair Vinyl Siding Under Eves

Move the soffit toward the retaining channel under the roof edge.

How to repair vinyl siding under eves.

Use a zip tool image 1 to unlock the siding from the surrounding pieces image 2. Hold the removed segment up to a spare piece of vinyl siding. Slide the zip tool along the bottom edge to release the vinyl siding from the piece below it. Diy how to fix loose vinyl siding with a malco sideswiper siding tool.

Subscribe to this old house. This will bring the opposite edge of the soffit. How to remove vinyl soffit. Ask this old house general contractor tom silva helps a homeowner repair sections of his vinyl siding that have holes.

How to install vinyl siding on eaves overhangs. 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. Measure the distance between the two vertical sections of j channels with a tape measure and. Nail the channel along the edge of the house on the wall just underneath the eave or.

Ask your helper to hold the bottom of the ladder while you climb. Cut a vinyl patch 4 inches 10 cm wider than the removed segment. 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. Install j channels on both sides of the overhang.

Position the ladder against the house under the soffit on level ground. Repeat the procedure for the top of the damaged siding. Measure and mark a point 2 inches 5 1 cm away from each side of the removed segment.