How to Take the Siding Off Your House
Siding serves dual functions as it protects your house from the elements and provides a pleasant, consistent appearance to the outside of your house. Eventually, the siding on your house will crack and become discolored, at which point new siding must be installed to ensure your house is protected. Before installing new siding, the old siding must be removed. To remove the siding you must have a siding tool, which is available at your local hardware store, to unlock the siding panels for removal. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
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Insert the siding tool under the bottom of the top piece of siding and pry the bottom of the siding out of the lock on the top of the piece below it.
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Lift the piece up that was pried up and remove the nails on the top of the piece of siding below the piece that was pried.
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Grasp the top of the piece of siding from which the nails were removed and push it straight down to release the lock from the bottom. Remove the siding from the wall.
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Remove the nails from the piece of siding below the one that was removed and then push the siding straight down and remove. Repeat until all siding is removed.
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