When your siding looks as though it s been knocked out surprise it can be fixed quite easily.
Fixing dents in steel siding.
It is marred scratched and dented.
The upper areas of the steel siding on the north wall where the guys placed their ladders is damaged.
Hiding the dents is just like taping and sanding drywall except the patching material is a little thicker and tougher.
Fixing dented aluminum siding.
The easiest way to fill in the dents is with a premixed patching or glazing compound designed for steel doors.
2 put a washer onto a 1 inch self tapping screw and drive the screw into the hole.
By gary hedstrom peg hedstrom judy ondrla tremore.
We were so very careful not to damage the steel siding as it was installed no ladder was ever used only scaffolding.
My son punched the outside of my mobile home and there is about a 10 diameter dent in the siding.
Attach a washer to the end of a 1 inch self tapping screw and then insert the screw into the drilled hole.
Place a flat washer onto a sheet metal screw and then screw it part of the way into one of the holes you drilled.
Repairing a dent in aluminum siding is a little bit like doing body work on a ca in most cases you can simply pull the dent out.
Steel siding may also dent upon impact.
Steel entry and service doors provide years of reliable service but will get dinged and dented.
Pop any dents out of the aluminum siding by first drilling a 1 8 inch hole in the center of the dent with a power drill.
Another option would be to buy or rent a dent puller.
One way you put a screw in the metal and use the.
Drill a small hole into the middle of the dented area of the aluminum siding.
Drill a couple of 1 8 inch holes in the part of the siding that contains the dent.
Repair dent in siding on 1970s singlewide.
You need a 6 self tapping screw it taps all by itself no drilling.
Grab the washer with pliers and pull to remove the dent.
While it isn t quite as dent prone as aluminum a stray baseball or some good sized hailstones can leave the siding with some unsightly marks.
Large hail driving at a slant into aluminum siding leaves its mark.
The installation is designed to reduce the appearance of flaws in the structure of the home but also means that if the siding is to become damaged the damage.
Dents in aluminum siding are unsightly and in a real estate situation they may even bring the price of the property down.
These dents are all but inevitable and in order to repair them properly perform the following steps.
My contractor and myself installed the steel siding.
1 drill a 1 8 inch hole into the center of the dent.
Work slowly and stop the drill before the bit reaches the home s exterior walls.
There are a couple of accepted.
Post wed sep 29 2010 10 08 pm.
How to fix small dents in aluminum siding.
