Fixing Dents In Steel Siding

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Fixing dents in steel siding.

Hiding the dents is just like taping and sanding drywall except the patching material is a little thicker and tougher. The easiest way to fill in the dents is with a premixed patching or glazing compound designed for steel doors. The installation is designed to reduce the appearance of flaws in the structure of the home but also means that if the siding is to become damaged the damage. Here s how to do this.

Steel siding may also dent upon impact. The upper areas of the steel siding on the north wall where the guys placed their ladders is damaged. Repair dent in siding on 1970s singlewide. How to fix dents in aluminum siding.

This is a 70s mobile home so it is the sheet type siding. Work slowly and stop the drill before the bit reaches the home s exterior walls. Repairing a dent in aluminum siding is a little bit like doing body work on a ca in most cases you can simply pull the dent out. Pop any dents out of the aluminum siding by first drilling a 1 8 inch hole in the center of the dent with a power drill.

How to fix small dents in aluminum siding. My contractor and myself installed the steel siding. While it isn t quite as dent prone as aluminum a stray baseball or some good sized hailstones can leave the siding with some unsightly marks. Post wed sep 29 2010 10 08 pm.

Place a flat washer onto a sheet metal screw and then screw it part of the way into one of the holes you drilled. It is marred scratched and dented. Large hail driving at a slant into aluminum siding leaves its mark. Another option would be to buy or rent a dent puller.

Steel entry and service doors provide years of reliable service but will get dinged and dented. 2 put a washer onto a 1 inch self tapping screw and drive the screw into the hole. 1 drill a 1 8 inch hole into the center of the dent. You need a 6 self tapping screw it taps all by itself no drilling.

When your siding looks as though it s been knocked out surprise it can be fixed quite easily. These dents are all but inevitable and in order to repair them properly perform the following steps. Fixing dented aluminum siding. Dents in aluminum siding are unsightly and in a real estate situation they may even bring the price of the property down.

Grab the washer with pliers and pull to remove the dent. Drill a small hole into the middle of the dented area of the aluminum siding. There are a couple of accepted. We were so very careful not to damage the steel siding as it was installed no ladder was ever used only scaffolding.

Attach a washer to the end of a 1 inch self tapping screw and then insert the screw into the drilled hole.