Use a cat s paw or other small pry bar to pull the nails from the course you need to remove.
Remove vinyl siding from bottom.
Vinyl siding panels are interlocked at their top and bottom edges via j shaped channels called buttlocks.
Slide the zip tool along the bottom edge to release the vinyl siding from the piece below it.
Beginning at the bottom of the foundation siding is.
The trim secures the edges of vinyl in position and hides any nail heads.
Insert the siding removal tool where the panels overlap and pull down and out.
Remove the nails and the piece of siding.
Use the zip tool to release the buttlock at the top and bottom of the piece you want to remove.
To remove the uppermost piece start at one end of the bottom of the first panel and push the end of the zip tool up under siding until it hooks onto the underside of the lip.
The vinyl siding zip tool will save you loads of time.
The j channel is the groove in vinyl siding that locks the individual pieces together.
Vinyl siding is installed from bottom to top so start at the top and work your way down when removing it.
Now you can remove the j channel.
Read on and we ll show you how to clean vinyl siding the right way.
15 minute vinyl siding repair with a zip tool.
You will actually start by pulling the bottom of the second course out of the top of the first course.
Reveal the nails anchoring a piece to the wall by sticking the zip tool under the bottom of the piece above it.
You will need to remove the bottom course of siding with your removal tool.
To remove a piece at your eye level slide the zip tool under the piece above that.
The perimeter of every wall has trim pieces j channel sill utility trim etc.
You won t be able.
How to remove vinyl siding.
Removing and installing vinyl siding.
Luckily cleaning vinyl siding is a fairly easy job and there are a wide variety of products to help remove typical stains.
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.
When your vinyl siding has become warped or damaged it s time to pull it off and revive the exterior of your house.
Each panel overlaps the panel below it and locks into place along the buttlock joint.
How to remove a j channel without harming the siding.