Then using a small flat bar or a pair of them remove the siding nails holding the siding in place.
How to remove vinyl siding without zip tool.
Re fasten and re connect the siding.
Locate the bottom corner of the piece of siding on top of the siding you are going to remove you will need to unlock.
Remove and replace the corner trim as needed.
Make sure to have a trash bucket of some kind close to your work area so you can throw all of the nails in it as you go.
Nail puller pliers are a useful tool for easily removing siding nails.
Unlock the bottom joint.
Vinyl siding is held on by hundreds of nails which you ll be removing along the way.
You won t be able.
While holding up the upper siding to expose the nailing.
Remove enough siding nails to remove or loosen the siding end enough to expose the nails holding the vertical vinyl corner trim in place.
This will be where the j channel connects to the locking edge of the lower piece of siding.
Vertical siding specifically vinyl siding can look impossible to remove since there are no exposed fasteners.
Starting at the bottom edge of the damaged siding panel wiggle the curved tip of the zip tool blade under a loose spot.
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.
Thrust a zip tool up hook first beneath the overlap where the j channel resides.
This is because vinyl siding has a lip referred to as a buttlock that is locked.