How To Remove Vinyl Siding Without Tool

If you are having your siding replaced doing this.

How to remove vinyl siding without tool.

After you remove the nails from the top of the piece of siding it is still hooked to the piece below it. Each panel overlaps the panel below it and locks into place along the buttlock joint. Push the siding downward to remove it from the piece below it. Place the palms of your hands on the siding and apply downward pressure until the piece pops free.

Then unzip any pieces above the damaged piece. Locate the bottom corner of the piece of siding on top of the siding you are going to remove you will need to unlock the upper siding along the entire length of the lower piece of siding you are trying to remove. Use the zip tool to release the buttlock at the top and bottom of the piece you want to remove. Vinyl siding panels are interlocked at their top and bottom edges via j shaped channels called buttlocks.

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. Pull the piece of vinyl siding downward to disengage it from the course below it. Use a cat s paw or other small pry bar to pull the nails from the course you need to remove. The vinyl siding zip tool will save you loads of time.

Installing a replacement piece of vinyl siding is the reverse of removing the damaged panel. Pull the zip tool downward and out to unhook the bottom lip then slide it along the edge pulling the siding out as you go. If either end of the siding is captured by a door or window channel gently bend the siding to clear the channel as you remove it. This tutorial will show how you as an amateur can save some money and remove your vinyl siding yourself.