Introduction to repairing vinyl siding.
Vinyl siding hail damage repair.
Buckled and warped siding is significantly less.
Ask this old house general contractor tom silva helps a homeowner repair sections of his vinyl siding that have holes.
Vinyl siding is not resistant to hail.
Identifying these potential probl.
Storms occur every now and then in various forms such as hail wind and snow.
With high winds small hail can be detrimental to siding.
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Repairing small sections of vinyl siding can be an expensive proposition if you have a repair.
Vinyl siding is the most fragile of all siding materials and can melt in intense heat or become brittle in cold weather.
Repair minor holes quickly and easily with vinyl caulk.
To make it a little bit easier to check out you can spray the siding with a hose.
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Indicators of hail damage include holes in vinyl siding or dents in aluminum siding two of the most common materials used on the exterior of homes.
Smaller hailstones down to nickel or quarter size can also inflict vinyl siding hail damage but the siding itself begins to play a larger role in the effects.
Damage of this magnitude will be easily identifiable to even the most untrained eye.
Often the damage occurs to one side of a home s exterior leaving homeowners with the problem of matching replacement siding to the color and material of existing siding.
Repair hail damage on your home siding.
These can damage siding and roofing and weaken the integrity of the exterior of the house.
Slightly larger damage can be removed as a small segment and replaced with a patch.
Vinyl siding is fairly resilient but stray baseballs or chunks of hail can leave behind holes dents and cracks.
Look for any buckling or warping which is common in vinyl siding that has been damaged.
Aluminum hail damage tends to be easier to spot but any material can show chipped paint spots from hail.
Assess the vinyl siding.
The water on the siding will reflect any damage that is present.
When cold vinyl is especially prone to impact damage such as cracking or breaking apart.
Another way to spot hail damage is to look for chipped paint.
Cracks they run parallel to the siding and are usually found towards the valley of the panel and center of the ridges the cracks generally appear in the form of a semi circle.
Light hailstorms that leave a roof unscathed can be quite damaging to siding particularly aluminum siding.
Holes wind driven or huge hailstones can easily cause holes in your vinyl siding this means water can go through and cause even more damage to your property.