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   calvin | Nov 02, 2005 02:35pm | #1

   You can remove one pc (the hole pc) and replace with a new panel.  You can find a vinyl siding removal tool (unclips the bottom lip from the lower pc) at most suppliers.  Hang the replacement exactly where it was before and with the tool, or your hand slapping down on the siding, relock the panel.

   You'll have to unlock the one above the damaged pc to remove the nails.

    

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   Matt | Nov 02, 2005 02:39pm | #2

   Yea - remove old piece, install new piece.  May be better done on a warm day as vinyl siding can be brittle especially when cold and old.  It's a bit of a trick to get off, but if you want to spend a few $ there is a simple tool that will help.  I went to google for the tool and found this: http://www.hammerzone.com/archives/exterior/siding/repair/vinyl/panel/replace.htm

    

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   Hazlett | Nov 02, 2005 02:52pm | #3

    I have done this a zillion times----and I have a couple of those little tools floating around----------

   but----if the siding is reasonably warm---not frozen----you can usually unzip it without the tool pretty easily.

    start at a factory seam of the piece ABOVE the one you want to repair---slip your  hand in  behind and sharply pull down----that should unlock the corner----and you can then easily peel it down the length of the panel.

    takes longer to type it than to do it.

    for customersI have occasionally switched positions of an undamaged panel behind some bushes for a damaged panel more prominately located. Very handy trick for discontinued colors.

   Stephen

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   Matt | Nov 02, 2005 03:24pm | #4

   but----if the siding is reasonably warm---not frozen----you can usually unzip it without the tool pretty easily.

   Right - I know that - but if the guy had to ask the Q in the first place...

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   Hazlett | Nov 02, 2005 03:30pm | #5

    sorry---my remarks were not intentionally directed at you.

    Stephen

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   Matt | Nov 03, 2005 01:23am | #9

   No apology necessary.  I bet you have to deal with all kinds of siding on a regular basis for situations when step flashings are behind there and nailed to the wall, etc. etc.  From that perspective you are prabably the man for R&R of siding.

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   rasconc | Nov 02, 2005 04:15pm | #6

   Also handy for faded colors.

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   BossHog | Nov 02, 2005 04:24pm | #7

   If the siding has been stored under your house for 18 years, the color isn't going to match. So replacing a piece might not make sense.

   Could you install a light fixture there, or otherwise hide the hole? That might look better than a mis-matched piece of siding.

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   scott1q1 | Nov 02, 2005 04:55pm | #8

   If the hole is in a conspicuous place just use a piece from in back to replace it and put a new piece in the back.