Fixing Siding Corners

You can t do that with vinyl corner pieces.

Fixing siding corners.

Repair upgrade your vinyl siding corners and add curb appeal and market value to your home. Vinyl siding is installed from the bottom up so you must loosen it in the opposite direction. You may want to wait for a warm day when the siding will be softer and more pliable. Ask this old house general contractor tom silva helps a homeowner repair sections of his vinyl siding that have holes.

Subscribe to this old house. You cut a corner too sharply and knock into them with ladders the lawn mower garden hose bikes you name it. Vinyl siding corners are no exception. Hgtv expert henry harrison shows how you can reattach it using a vinyl siding removal tool also known as a zip tool.

Find outside corner post vinyl siding trim at lowe s today. These small repairs can add years to the life of the siding. Be careful because older siding can become brittle. First remove the corner piece then slide the zip tool under the siding and loosen it up.

Slide the vinyl siding removal tool just under the bottom lip of the uppermost piece of vinyl siding and pry gently upwards. Use a sanding block to sand the underside of the patch as well as the side of the damaged corner piece. A medium grit sanding box is sufficient to make the patch fit properly as a patch on house. End caps are very easy to replace.

Once the snap seal releases use gloved fingers to loosen the siding to a distance of 3 feet from the corner. When using the siding as a patch you do not need the nailing flanges so cutting it away makes the piece useful for you. Corner edges of aluminum siding the end caps get banged into a lot.