My bad, vinyl siding repair
 

Opened the hot grill cover too close to the house siding. Curled about 3 pieces 1 ft long.

Anybody know how to repair or have recommendations? Also will need matching siding.

Thanks

Vinyl siding is easy to remove and replace.

Email home warranty (product.info@thevillages.com). Or, if you have your home spec sheet, it'll be listed there as well. Give them your unit/lot number, or your address, and they'll tell you the color and style. More than likely its dutchlap, but you'll need the color

T&D Supply (301 south of the turnpike) has the styles and colors.

If your home here is older, Home Depot carries Dutchlap 4.5" in white only.

Photo1902

Thank you for the info. I just emailed them so I'll see what they say. Also, I looked at the siding and maybe there is a trick to removing a section... Do you know that trick? Thanks

I sent you a Private Message, and will be happy to help.

OP, you stated about a foot long, so I am assuming this is between to vertical corner pieces. If so just garb a damaged piece and pull it off, then pull off the one above or below. Cut the new pieces so they fit under the corner pieces, bend slightly to fit inside the corner pieces and working from the bottom up snap the bottom of the new piece to the old piece. When you get to the last (top piece) snap it under the existing siding at the top, the use a home made probe to pull the new siding over the second piece of siding to snap it in place. Hope this made sense.

If you can't find a matching color, you can always use any color siding and buy a quart of computer matched paint. I have had excellent results doing that with siding and other things.

Try Youtube

You can find a matching color. I’ve matched colors for homes here that are 20 years old

Fake wood grain
 

We found the proper color vinyl to repair some damage from golf balls hitting our house. The problem was that the wood grain pattern of the vinyl changed sometime after 1992 when the house was built. We ended up replacing an entire wall with the new pattern vinyl so it was not so obvious. We saved the old vinyl to do repairs on the other side of the house that also had golf ball hits. Husband is talented and did all the work himself, so it was not too costly. T&D let us take a huge color sample book home to match our siding. Since the house was old, the siding had faded and we were able to get a good match. I couldn't believe they let us take that sample book home. That was very nice.

YouTube video showing how to replace vinyl.

https://youtu.be/bz9JoJGWvI4

Sounds to me like he melted a one foot spot on three pieces of siding that are longer

Let Photo 1902 help you it’s not that hard but he’s done it before. Make sure you don’t drive the nails in tight (the nail head should not be tight to the siding) to allow the siding to expand and contract.

Call your homeowner insurance and submit a claim.

This will help with the removal:
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Malco-Si...SRT2/100098527

Replacement of damage siding
 

As a retired contractor in my lifetime have replaced many pieces of siding damaged by the grill. As everybody has said how to do it just keep one thing in mind your new siding will not match the old siding so what you really wanna do is remove a piece of siding at the bottom somewhere else use that to replace your siding so it matches in that spot and put the new siding in an area where you don’t see it all the time

Check the attic for spare pieces left after construction.
You can find basic white sold by the piece however, be prepared to buy a whole box for specific colors. $$$

My lawn people put a hole in mine they sent Doc Restoration to fix took them a few minutes can’t see the repair. They give me the old piece which I saved in my attic for future repairs.

Finally, an opinion from someone that has" been there done that". Most people will say"why didnt I think of that"!
Secondly, go to the store and get that little hook tool.
Third , go to the store and het that little hook tool. They are a couple of bucks.You wont regret it, and most likely will never have to use it again.

photo1902, villagetinker, retiredguy123,rjmice, andercat,rainger99, thevillager2013,nomosno,conman5652@aol.com, ankeny, jaybee

I want to thank all of you for your excellent help and suggestions. What Ive learned is this is not near as difficult or expensive as I thought. I know there is a expertise involved. My one problem will prob be trying to get only 1 or 2 lengths of light tan vinyl siding for my courtyard villa built in 2007 located in Duval.

I don’t believe anyone mentioned it, Brian Terry Vinyl was the vinyl siding contractor for many of the CYV’s in 2005-2007, and they used to have an inventory of all vinyl siding colors that were used in TV. They repaired my 2005 CYV within the last 10 years, and it took them under 30 minutes. I don’t recall the exact repair charge but it was around $70, and I thought it was worth the price. I didn't have to shop, match the color, remove and rehang the siding.

Brian Terry Vinyl is on the internet or do a search on TOTV.

This is SAGE advice

Nope. T&D sells individual pieces in an assortment of colors. $14 for a 12’ piece

Vinyl
 

Call Brian Terry Vinyl

Vinyl siding
 

Photo1902

Was unable to pm you but would love to pick your brain about the siding issue. We hired someone and they didn’t match it very well. Can be reached at mf1017 (aol). Not sure if they let me do the email here.

Thanks,
Mark

Now we all know not to put the grill next to the house. Put it at least a foot and a half away at a 90° angle and you'll never have this problem.

Call me tomorrow at 248-670-1036 and I will give you a number and name of a great guy that will do the whole job. He is very reasonable also
Jack

Sifing
 

That’ll work. You might also have spec drawings for your home tucked away somewhere. Mine were in a garage drawer. Replacing them is fairly easy if you are handy. You can also remove a bad piece and use that to match. Look at some YouTube videos if you want to learn how.

Take a piece of siding with you to T&D on 301, they sell individual pieces and will match up the pattern and size.
Take a piece off the back of the house, and use that for your repair, put the new piece in the back. The siding in the back of the house will be faded with the rest of the house, and match better.

I read the OP again but I must have missed the part where he was grilling out front!

Go to the back of our house and look for pieces behind a bush the same length, swap those with the melted ones. They'll be the same color.

Your house? Ok if you insist. Send a picture of the bush

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Siding Repair
 

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I just used Brian Terry to do the lanai ceiling in bead board. They did a great job!