How To Replace Vinyl Siding Pieces

The second mistake is not snapping vinyl siding pieces into place allowing the siding to lift in windy conditions.

How to replace vinyl siding pieces.

Work your hand into a seam between pieces then release the siding from the nailing strip. When vinyl siding is first installed it is nailed through a nailing strip. The bottom of the next course is locked into the nailing strip of the course below. Severe weather falling branches and careless children can crack a single piece of vinyl siding without harming its neighbors.

To prevent this from happening pull up on every piece until it snaps in. Unlike with interlocking. You will know when the siding is in. How to replace one piece of vinyl siding.

Vinyl siding will expand and contract when the temperatures change. Replacing vinyl siding corners requires the loosening of the siding nearest the corner before you can remove and attach the new corner to the home. The best way to get a replacement piece is to take the broken piece to vinyl siding distributors in your area and find the closest match. The downside of replacing older vinyl siding is that it can be hard to match the style and color and siding rarely has any identifying marks.

When replacing siding try to purchase a piece from the same manufacturer in the same color. If you nail it too tight it will buckle and crack.