How To Patch and Repair Siding

Watch the entire series at FineHomebuilding.com

Siding on houses invariably will get damaged during the lifetime of the house. Whether you have shingles, clapboard, fiber cement or vinyl siding, this video series with builder and remodeler, Mike Guertin will show you how to make repairs by removing and replacing siding pieces without doing damage to surrounding siding or paint finish. With a few simple tools and very little time you can replace a piece of any type of siding.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• Siding
• Clapboard
• Vinyl
• Wood
• Shingles
• Repair
• Patch

[9034770040]

Thanks for the info. Good illistration. It was helpful.

[spottopbugs]

I patched holes left from old electrical boxes, after watching this video it was easy and fun, thanks .

[kevinheimer]

Excellent how-to DIY patch! Neighbor just threw me an Ommegang Abbey Ale for patching her siding-thanks to you!

Agree with jdat below, save the scraps....and tin snips make a nice cut on vinyl.

Thanks again, highly recommend this technique! 

[northfourty]

Thanks. I did the same thing myself but I had no pop gun so I used some silicone and a couple of small stainless screws.

[jdat747]

i meant tin snips, they work good on vinyl too.

[jdat747]

Great trick ... thinking it looks so good I wouldn't get around to doing the whole panel. This is a good time to mention that you should always try to save some scraps from when you have the vinyl install (or when you install it). Just throw some scraps in the attic, they will come in handy as it can be a pain to match color later. lol, as if I'm one to lecture about safety, but there's really no reason to draw that knife towards your thumb like that, w/ no glove to boot. Use wire cutters

[gohuskies583]

leave it to fine homebuilding to give us a nicely done instructional video!  Thanks!!

[hitachi088]

that is nice.