Rremove Siding Fom Bottom

The nails for the first course will be accessible now.

Rremove siding fom bottom. 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. You can remove your vinyl siding with something you have laying around the house. To remove a piece at your eye level slide the zip tool under the piece above that one. Look for a horizontal seam between two courses of vinyl siding.

You will actually start by pulling the bottom of the second course out of the top of the first course. Sally zimmerman the senior manager of preservation services at historic new england recommends that the unsiding process ideally be completed over two building seasons. You will need to remove the bottom course of siding with your removal tool. To get at the nails carefully wedge out the bottom of the siding 1 8 to 3 16 in.

Cutting the nails will let you remove rotted boards without damaging those your e saving. Reveal the nails anchoring a piece to the wall by sticking the zip tool under the bottom of the piece above it. Beginning at the bottom of the foundation siding is installed by hooking a j channel onto a protruding locking edge at the top of each successive siding piece. Insert the siding removal tool where the panels overlap and pull down and out.

Remove the nails and the piece of siding. The perimeter of every wall has trim pieces j channel sill utility trim etc. You can remove it with little effort and in a way where you can easily reuse the pieces. Vinyl siding is installed from bottom to top so start at the top and work your way down when removing it.

Zip tools disconnect a higher piece from a lower piece. Make no mistake restoring the historic siding of your home is an intense task and certainly isn t as easy as removing the vinyl siding and throwing on some fresh paint. Use a cat s paw or other small pry bar to pull the nails from the course you need to remove. Cut the nails at the bottom of the row above the boards you re replacing.

Use a zip tool to disconnect two pieces of siding.