How To Remove Siding To Install A Deck
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How to remove siding to install a deck. Aluminum and vinyl siding can easily be removed with tin snips from an area one foot surrounding the ledger board location. Do not fasten yet. Then cut away the siding. Add the next to last board.
Attaching a deck to your house creates the potential for rot not only to the ledger board that you attach to the house to support the. You can then trim the pieces to be reinstalled with a j channel after the deck is completed for a clean finished look. How to use flashing between vinyl siding and a wood deck. Not just another vinyl siding installation video.
Do not fasten yet. Use a cat s paw or other small pry bar to pull the nails from the course you need to remove. Slip the last board under the siding. This is our most comprehensive.
Nail undersill trim j channel will also work over the bottom cut using 11 gauge aluminum nails. Make the outline large enough to include space for the deck boards on top the ledger and any trim boards on the sides. Insert the siding removal tool where the panels overlap and pull down and out. Wood or concrete siding will have to be cut away using a circular saw.
Add felt if needed before nailing the new wood on and prime the new wood on all four sides before installing it. If the shingle already has flashing on it the kickout flashing has to slip beneath it and you ll have to loosen or remove siding to do this. Add the next to last board then drive the screws. You may need to remove the next to last board in order to slip the last board in place.
Most people would say that once you ve invested in vinyl there s little desire to remove it unless it needs to be repaired. Install the kickout flashing underneath the first shingle photo 1. Our decision to remove the siding raised questions amongst our family and friends. We cover how to move doors and windows and create a weather proof exterior.
Pull the piece of vinyl siding downward to disengage it from the course below it.