How To Attache Hook To The Siding

Gap between the end of the ledger and the ends of siding and fill it with high quality exterior caulk to keep water from leaking behind the ends of the ledger.

How to attache hook to the siding. Slide the bottom of the siding into the footer being sure to leave enough space to allow for expansion. You may have to make a small notch on the lower lip of the slat for the wire to pass through. Then hang your decorations on the bottom of the hook. The screw tends to wobble a great deal until it penetrates the thickened section.

Slip the top of the hook underneath a piece of siding and wiggle it until it snaps into place. This hooks it onto the bottom of the siding. Add your starter sheet of siding. Anchor deck joists to the ledger with joist hangers filling each hole with galvanized joist hanger nails rated for pressure treated wood.

Trying to place the screw through that middle rib can be awkward. Siding is intended to hang from the nails not to be nailed flat. When you re ready to hang things on your vinyl siding push the curved part of the hook between the siding panels. A third alternative is to hang a light item from a suction cup attached to the siding but this only works if the siding is smooth and untextured.

Attach the siding to the wall with a nail in each section of the nail strip.