Flat Bar To Reattach Siding

Use the flat bar to pry up the siding and remove the nails.

Flat bar to reattach siding. Only bend panels enough to gain access to the nails fastening the damaged panel to the side of your house. 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. To remove the old siding simply score or cut away any old caulk or paint that might be in the joints. Drive flat bar into nails to bend them then tap siding to wall causing the nail heads to pop.

Insert the hook of a vinyl siding removal tool into the buttlock of a panel you want to snap back in place. Remove the damaged panel s nails with a pry bar. Vinyl siding is hung loosely to allow it to expand and contract in the sun. 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.

I might as well once it s cut you ll simply begin prying away the broken piece. 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. When the siding is unzipped bend it up out of the way using your elbow. 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 a pry bar to remove fastening nails little by little as you work towards the opposite end of the panel. Next use a table saw or circular saw to cut a new piece of vinyl siding to the same size as the damaged one. With vinyl siding the nails are hidden by the row above and it is difficult to get to them. Now the top piece is free and you can remove the nails holding the center piece in place.

After that slide your flat bar behind the vinyl siding. Continue to slide the zip tool along the edge until the entire piece is freed. Use flat bar to carefully pry up the siding course above. The tool is available at most hardware stores and usually costs less than 10.