Replacing Broken Piece Vinyl Siding

The patch should be larger than the piece you removed.

Replacing broken piece vinyl siding.

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. Subscribe to this old house. Another option is to use the zip tool to remove the damaged piece of vinyl siding and replace it with a new piece. 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.

Then lock the siding back into place. Run a bead of adhesive caulk around the back of the patch and set the patch in place top image. When replacing siding try to purchase a piece from the same manufacturer in the same color. To repair a single piece of damaged vinyl siding usually takes a contractor one hour to remove the damaged piece lay any underlayment 9 and replace it with a new piece.

Use a table saw or circular saw to cut a patch from a good piece of vinyl. Use tin snips to cut out the damaged area image 1. With the other use the claw end of a hammer to pry up the nails holding the damaged piece of vinyl to the wall. If a vinyl piece has come apart from its neighbor the solution is often to push it back up until it locks in place.

Otherwise take a sample to a siding supplier and look for a close match. Hold the loose undamaged piece of vinyl up and out of the way with one hand. Install the replacement piece over the existing siding and attach with roofing nails. Use a utility knife to cut the nailing strip off the top of a piece of matching siding that s larger than the hole or crack then attach it on top of the damaged piece with construction adhesive.

Ask this old house general contractor tom silva helps a homeowner repair sections of his vinyl siding that have holes. Push the new piece into the nailing strip of the course below. Siding contractors charge 40 50 per hour plus the cost of the siding which averages 40. Work your hand into a seam between pieces then release the siding from the nailing strip.

Cut out the damaged piece of siding leaving a space 2 inches shorter than the replacement piece. Use the snips to cut away about two inches of the top nailing strip and the bottom j profile from both ends of the replacement piece. But if you need to replace a vinyl panel or part of a panel check your garage or basement to see whether the installer left extra pieces for repairs.