How To Remove Vinyl Siding From A Porch Ceiling

Easy and inexpensive way to cover your patio ceiling with vinyl.

How to remove vinyl siding from a porch ceiling. Leave a gap of 1 32 inch between the nail head and the siding to allow for expansion. Installing a replacement piece of vinyl siding is the reverse of removing the damaged panel. Do it yourself it does not require a lot of skill or expensive tools. If you are going to throw it away or recycle it park a truck nearby so you can throw the siding directly into it for removal from your property.

Each panel overlaps the panel below it and locks into place along the buttlock joint. She used vinyl bead board panels along with meticulous craftsmanship to create a long lasting virtually maintenance free porch ceiling. 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.

Check out my other vi. Secure the j channel strips in place with galvanized steel nails and a nail gun or hammer. It s vinyl it s all snapped together but it sags. Go to one end or the other longitudinally along the bead and get a small pry bar up between the j channel the trim piece and the last piece of beaded vinyl soffit.

Now my vinyl siding on the ceiling of the porch is sagging. Gently yank down on the vinyl soffit and it should pop out. The nails must be long enough to penetrate at least inch into the porch ceiling. The fixture is up tight and the siding is sagging left to right of the fixture.

I replaced a hanging light fixture on the porch with an updated version. Designate a large area to pile the pieces of vinyl siding. If i lower the fixture the whole ceiling is now sagging.