This time frame includes the removal of your current siding prep work insulation new siding installation and final touches.
How siding works.
You ll need specialty tools like this zip tool to work with installing vinyl siding.
Soffit and fascia if the soffit on your home wraps around a corner as with a hip roof you ll need to make some.
Also you want to follow the natural flow of water and aim downward with the hose rather than up from the ground.
How to prepare your home.
Home siding no matter the material has two basic functions.
The second function of home siding is design.
Working with vinyl siding.
If you also include painting this will add a few days.
Get professional looking watertight results with these residing techniques.
The siding is naturally designed to drain water downward source.
The first is to protect your home from outside elements like rain snow hail or ice.
There are other elements protecting your home but your siding is the first barrier to entry.
The siding is made from thin flexible sheets of plastic about 2 millimeters thick pre colored and bent into shape during manufacturing.
The sheets are 12 feet long and about a foot high.
Make sure to trim shrubbery and trees around your home.
You start at the bottom and the sheets interlock into each other as you go up.
Slide the zip tool under the butt edge.
You ll need a zip tool to remove siding.
Installing vinyl siding in these 23 steps step 1.