How To Remove Vinyl Siding From A Porch Ceiling

The nails must be long enough to penetrate at least inch into the porch ceiling.

How to remove vinyl siding from a porch ceiling.

Secure the j channel strips in place with galvanized steel nails and a nail gun or hammer. She used vinyl bead board panels along with meticulous craftsmanship to create a long lasting virtually maintenance free porch ceiling. Gently yank down on the vinyl soffit and it should pop out. Each panel overlaps the panel below it and locks into place along the buttlock joint.

I replaced a hanging light fixture on the porch with an updated version. If i lower the fixture the whole ceiling is now sagging. The fixture is up tight and the siding is sagging left to right of the fixture. Leave a gap of 1 32 inch between the nail head and the siding to allow for expansion.

Now my vinyl siding on the ceiling of the porch is sagging. I got hanging baskets for mother s day and decided that we should do something about the yucky vinyl ceiling the builder put in 3 years ago before putting holes in for plant hooks. Set a nail every 12 inches in the center of the nailing slot for proper security. Use the zip tool to release the buttlock at the top and bottom of the piece you want to remove.

It s vinyl it s all snapped together but it sags. Check out my other vi. Easy and inexpensive way to cover your patio ceiling with vinyl. If you are going to throw it away or recycle it park a truck nearby so you can throw the siding directly into it for removal from your property.

Designate a large area to pile the pieces of vinyl siding. Go to one end or the other longitudinally along the bead and get a small pry bar up between the j channel the trim piece and the last piece of beaded vinyl soffit. Vinyl siding panels are interlocked at their top and bottom edges via j shaped channels called buttlocks.