Piecing Together Aluminum Siding

Wxtv heads to the boston area to see how aluminum siding is removed and replaced without damage.

Piecing together aluminum siding.

The horizontal panels of vinyl siding are designed to overlap and when properly installed they resemble wooden shiplap siding. This tutorial shows you both techniques. Divide the total exterior wall measurement by the size of one piece of siding that s how many pieces you need. Including doors and windows in the total measurement will ensure you have replacement pieces available if they re needed.

Be aware that metal corner caps are sometimes used instead of corner posts for aluminum siding and in older installations they were often used for wood or hardboard lap siding as well. Note the size of one piece of siding. Slide the new piece of siding into place using the existing pieces on either side as a guideline. We ll catch up with victor brown and michael mcmahon to see.

How to snap siding back together. Loose aluminum siding simply isn t protecting your house as well as it should be which is why you must consider methods of fixing it. You cut a corner too sharply and knock into them with ladders the lawn mower garden hose bikes you name it. 3 add the corner posts.

The manufacturers listed above are not available at all locations. With a utility knife cut the top and side edges. Install each sheet with nails laying every sheet straight and being sure to leave no gaps between the sheets. Line up the nail flange of your new piece with the adjacent pieces on that row.

Bend the square down and then cut across the bottom. All you need are replacements aluminum nails a pry bar a utility knife silicone. Wear gloves to protect yourself from sharp edges on the aluminum. Cut the replacement patch.

Because it isn t as sturdy as. Foam board is the most commonly recommended underlayment application for aluminum siding. Most aluminum siding joins together like vinyl which means that in order to make a repair you ll need to patch a damaged area or replace a panel. Corner edges of aluminum siding the end caps get banged into a lot.

Make it 3 inches wider than the patch you removed so that it can overlap the panels on each side.