Need help ---->Siding removal question

[C N]

Have aluminum siding on the majority of the house and Dad put vinyl on an addition 30 years later. Doh Don't ask. Just go with it. I'm going to be painting the house soon and want to replace a BOTTOM piece of both the vinyl and the aluminum due to damage before I paint. (It's too damaged to just cut out a piece and repair.) I know siding is put on from the bottom up (corrected my OOOPS) and have done some internet research and most advice talks about using a zip tool for the vinyl siding. Do I need this? I have new replacement pieces for both the aluminum and vinyl(because thankfully my Dad saved everything) so don't have to worry about damaging either piece during removal. The vinyl section I need to replace is only about 18" long. The aluminum is 8' long. Does the zip tool work for aluminum, too?

Any tips for removing both kinds (bottom piece)? Do I need a zip tool? If not, what do I need? Where can I get the tool if I do need it? Lowes?

Any help is much appreciated as I will be doing this project myself.

[majflyboy]

I'll see if I can get EZ on this one.

[C N]

I'll see if I can get EZ on this one.

Thanks, Master!

[Billbob]

i think the sideing is put on FROM THE BOTTOM TO TOP just like shingles

[majflyboy]

i think the sideing is put on FROM THE BOTTOM TO TOP just like shingles

EZ and I both agree with you on that. Kitten, you may want to double check that.

[C N]

EZ and I both agree with you on that. Kitten, you may want to double check that.

I typed it wrong, sorry. I know that the bottom strip is the first piece so wondered if there was a trick to get off the first piece without removing it from the top down. SORRY!

[C N]

i think the sideing is put on FROM THE BOTTOM TO TOP just like shingles

You're right. I was thinking one thing and typing another. I didn't want to have to remove it all to get the bottom piece replaced.

[4THETHUMP]

Ok , i'm no expert , but you should be able to cut your piece of vinyl and take the bad out and the new in . It should have a starter strip on the bottm . It all should just snap together . It is put on from the bottom up . The zipper tool is a thin metal piece with a little flat hook like in the end . It hooks the bottom so you can pull it open to get the piece out . Yo ucan push the new piece under and hook the top then snap the bottom over the starter strip . I hope it helps some .

[C N]

Ok , i'm no expert , but you should be able to cut your piece of vinyl and take the bad out and the new in . It should have a starter strip on the bottm . It all should just snap together . It is put on from the bottom up . The zipper tool is a thin metal piece with a little flat hook like in the end . It hooks the bottom so you can pull it open to get the piece out . Yo ucan push the new piece under and hook the top then snap the bottom over the starter strip . I hope it helps some .

I've seen pics of the ziptool. So I need it for the vinyl? Will it also work on the aluminum?

[4THETHUMP]

I don't know about the aluminum . And i being hard headed as my wife says i would do it without the zipper tool . You know with a screw driver and a hammer . If you can cut it you can get it out . I have handled a lot and put up a little . But the tool shouldn't be much . They are probably about the same .