Adding more vinyl siding below existing

[olds70supreme]

The previous owners of our house left the bottom 3 feet of one side of the garage unsided. The upper portion has vinyl siding. I want to get this covered.

Is it reasonable to carefully measure, build the new siding up from the bottom, and then simply snap the existing bottom over the new top?

Or

Do I just need to take all the siding off of that wall and start from scratch.

Thanks.

 

[Bretny]

The existing should have a starter strip at the bottom that you will have to remove but yes carefully mesure and install from bottom.
Siding is prety easy stuff to install. Its the flashing that can make or break a siding job and/or rot out your walls.

 

[Kaizen]

agree with Bretny. But if it looks old careful. It usually breaks.

 

[rburke65]

This can be done, but the vinyl may be brittle, be careful. If it’s faded in color and can’t be matched, you may have to paint the one side of the garage to make it look uniform

 

[unslow1]

Do it when it's warm. That will make it more pliable. I've done repairs on places several times.

 

[Dustball]

I wouldn't measure. I'd take several short 1' sections of the siding you're going to use and hang them from the existing lower siding so you can determine the proper height of the new starter piece. Do a hanging section at each end of the new starter piece so you can suspend the starter piece from them at the exact height needed.

 

[spam4us]

I'd do what Dustball said. BUT
After you put the new starter piece in, start the siding from the bottom and work up to the old. When you get to the old, nail the last new piece up and then tuck the old piece onto the new.
Again try to do this when it's warm so the old siding is more flexible.