Insert the siding removal tool where the panels overlap and pull down and out.
Remove vinyl siding from bottom.
You will actually start by pulling the bottom of the second course out of the top of the first course.
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.
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Look for a horizontal seam between two courses of vinyl siding.
Removing and installing vinyl siding.
Use a cat s paw or other small pry bar to pull the nails from the course you need to remove.
Slide the zip tool along the bottom edge to release the vinyl siding from the piece below it.
To remove a piece at your eye level slide the zip tool under the piece above that.
Use the zip tool to release the buttlock at the top and bottom of the piece you want to remove.
Vinyl siding is installed from bottom to top so start at the top and work your way down when removing it.
The perimeter of every wall has trim pieces j channel sill utility trim etc.
Now you can remove the j channel.
Beginning at the bottom of the foundation siding is.
Pull the piece of vinyl siding downward to disengage it from the course below it.
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.
How to remove a j channel without harming the siding.
The trim secures the edges of vinyl in position and hides any nail heads.
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Each panel overlaps the panel below it and locks into place along the buttlock joint.
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Reveal the nails anchoring a piece to the wall by sticking the zip tool under the bottom of the piece above it.
How to remove vinyl siding.
The nails for the first course will be accessible now.
You will need to remove the bottom course of siding with your removal tool.
Remove the nails and the piece of siding.
The j channel is the groove in vinyl siding that locks the individual pieces together.
Vinyl siding panels are interlocked at their top and bottom edges via j shaped channels called buttlocks.