Top Piece Of My Vinyl Siding Keeps Blowing Off

The nail slots in the siding were not torn the siding pulled the nails right out.

Top piece of my vinyl siding keeps blowing off.

One part nailed to the wall very much like you did for the starter rail and the second piece snapped into it holding covering the top of the vinyl siding. While durable strong wind gusts can loosen the material causing it to fall off the side of homes. Vinyl siding will expand and contract when the temperatures change. Homeowners can hire a contractor to replace the missing siding or purchase necessary materials and repair the siding themselves.

I get it back in place but then it keeps coming out whenever the wind blows wit any force. The upper piece doesn t seem to want to hook in the lower piece and stay. When i was doing this i used a 2 piece crown mold trim at the top. Without an additional layer of siding to cover it as it touches the soffit installers must take extra steps to give the siding job a finished look.

Many contractors just use j channel in either the same color as the siding or in the same color as the trim. Even more importantly the top row of siding needs to be finished properly to prevent water from getting behind the vinyl and damaging the house. Vinyl siding is a heavy duty and comparatively maintenance free material applied to the home s exterior. There were wind gusts of up to 65 mph recorded at a nearby airport about a month ago which ripped off a total of about 100 sq feet of my vinyl siding in two separate areas of my house.