Removing Metal Siding From Mobile Home

Step 4 attach the new aluminum siding panel.

Removing metal siding from mobile home.

Mobile home siding installation is a bit more complicated than your average home repair especially if you select one of the more laborious siding styles like stone or wood. This work should take no longer than a few days to complete. I do plan to sheath the entire exterior with luan panels then properly weather protect it with tyvek house wrap in preparation for the veneer panels. The metal siding on a mobile home is actually made of a thin aluminum siding material.

We have done a fair amount of residential siding but no mobile homes. I m currently bidding a 14x70 mobile home to side windows front door. Since this is my permanent residence and can t afford to move i want it to have the look and insulation of a house. Completely replacing or installing vinyl siding directly over aluminum or wooden siding on a single wide mobile home may cost approximately 1 000 2 500 for labor and material.

Tracking down the water leak from outside that is causing our floor joists to rot we remove the metal siding from. I m wanting to take off all the aluminum siding off my 12x80 guesstimate mobile home and replace it with veneer stone panel. Replacing the metal siding panels on the exterior of a mobile home is accomplishable but the trick is to find the metal panels that match the previous metal siding. I was figuring on removing it hex head screws put on osb and house wrap install new construction windows door then vinyl siding.

Finish drilling out each pilot hole into the siding of the mobile home. The existing siding is the type of thin vertical metal. You can order the panels or even have a metal shop fabricate the metal siding panels for you. Remove the patch out of the vise and press it against the square pencil marking around the damaged area of the siding.

Using caulk attach the new aluminum siding panel over the hole where you cut away the damaged piece. I have tried to clean with garden hose and water which removed the dirt and dust however the siding still looks dirty and dull. Siding removal shows just how bad this is. After you are finished removing your piece of aluminum siding panel you ll want to measure the space you have left and use your tin snips to cut a piece this size from the new siding panel.

Do you have any suggestions on what to use to clean and shine the siding.