Bottom Of Siding Pulled Out

Beginning at the bottom of the foundation siding is.

Bottom of siding pulled out.

Cut a piece of flashing out of felt paper and install it at the bottom corners of the windows before you install the side j channels. Modern board and batten siding refers to the old wood siding that had boards and battens to fill the gaps between the boards. The j channel is the groove in vinyl siding that locks the individual pieces together. Battens are the smaller part that go between the boards.

First piece installed at roof line which puts the inverted pittsburg seam pocket at the bottom of the panel so the next panel down slides up into the inverted seam pocket covering the staples along the bottom of the upper panel. When you re ready to start slide a zip tool sideways underneath a piece of siding then pry upwards. Now any water that runs inside the j channels will come out on top of the siding and out the weep holes designed for this purpose. Doug i think you meant to say that the siding is removed from the bottom up.

After you ve removed the nails pull the siding piece downwards to remove it from the piece above it. If the siding panel is only slightly loose then you can push the siding panel up firmly in order to reconnect it to the top piece. Once you ve pulled the piece up you can use a crowbar or a claw hammer to remove the anchoring nails. This will cause the loose panel to spring out.

The bottom portion of a panel of vinyl siding that locks into a previous panel that was just installed. How to remove a j channel without harming the siding. Overlap the flashing onto the row of siding just below the window.