Cover Hole In Siding

Wipe the siding dry with a rag.

Cover hole in siding.

Clean the siding around the hole with vinyl siding cleaner or mild dish detergent and water and a soft sponge. Place foil tape on the back side of the siding to cover the hole and lock the siding back in place. Cut a new piece of siding long enough to cover the damage the longer it is the less obvious the repair since the seams are farther away on a long piece. Squirt enough caulk into the hole to fill the area behind the hole.

Use a siding zip tool available at home centers to unlock the damaged siding at the bottom. Fill the hole with a thin coat of color matched caulking or paint the caulking to match the siding color as described above. Covering the damage with a fresh piece of vinyl siding is one way to cover a large hole if you don t want to replace the old piece entirely. Avoid smearing excess caulk all over the surrounding siding the less you get on the siding the less obvious the repair will be.

This patch will keep the rain and snow from entering the hole and possibly damaging the. Also a crack or hole in the siding could expand if left unchecked turning. Cut the nozzle tip on a tube of color matched vinyl.