How To Repair A Metal Siding Corner

Alternately for a different look take them all off trim the clapboards back a bit and install a vertical wooden lapped corner.

How to repair a metal siding corner.

Step 1 slide the vinyl siding removal tool just under the bottom lip of the uppermost piece of vinyl siding and pry gently upwards. Although aluminum doesn t rust it can oxidize. This is a chemical reaction which will leave the metal siding having white dull patches over the surface of the metal. Cut a segment out of the coil stock and use the old flattened corner and trace the outline onto the blank.

Do not do this along the pieces that need to be replaced. The exact installation process may vary depending on the siding you re using but generally you will need to position the posts on the corners and then nail them into place using the cut out nail slots. Install by running a thin bead of caulk along the end of each clapboard slide the top under the upper course and press into the caulk. Install the corner posts that came with your metal siding first.

Masking tape is essential as a way of protecting the siding so that you don t scratch it while cutting near it. Then use the tin snips to cut the blank out. You will then get the new piece held up to the existing nailing strips and push them into place. Nail underneath at each corner with a small corrosion resistant ring shank nail.

Starting at the bottom and working your way up the corner slip a replacement cap under the bottom edges of the panels above it. So now that we have the corner off use the pliers to flatten the corner to make the template. Replacing vinyl siding corners requires the loosening of the siding nearest the corner before you can remove and attach the new corner to the home. Corner caps are small pieces sometimes used instead of corner posts for aluminum siding.

Do it until all but the last end cap are fastened in place. To do this you can use masking tape. The corner posts are the pieces of siding that will wrap around the corners of the surface you re working on. Nail the cap down.

For the pieces that can be repaired you will simply need to get a bead of silicone caulk and run it along the flanges of the pieces that can be fixed. Aluminum siding joins together much like vinyl so it s fairly easy to patch or replace a panel.