Tbh I’m kind of surprised this video isn’t doing a little better. It might be that it is a more popular topic so it’s harder to rank in the search 🤷🏼‍♂️. Thanks for your comment and likes!

@@sidingschool Can ask you a question, mate. Like an arse, I was focused on something else and hit the side of my own house with the fork attachment on our skidsteer. I've peeled some of the double 4-inch wood grain vinyl down and away from the wall to get a look at the existing vinyl. I can't find any information of any kind to work with. As a single 12' - 6" length of siding would do the job, I'm hoping to find a single piece somewhere, but identifying the color is the real issue at the moment. Yeah, almost forgot, the siding is made to protrude 1/2" from the wall. Can I kindly ask you for any advice you might be willing to share?

No problem! *Stuff* happens lol.. I’d try to find out who built the house and see if you can get ahold of them to get the siding information. If you find out who built it, but can’t get in touch with them - you could probably find a local lumber yard and ask around to find the siding contractor or someone who would know the builder (might be a long shot though). Successfully doing this might depend on the size of your town and the age of your house Probably a better way would be to take a piece off and bring it to a local siding supplier or local siding contractor and have them look at it… they’ll most likely be able to identify it. Also, some of the trim pieces on your house might have lettering on them or the housewrap (if any) might clue you in to who supplied it. Unfortunately sometimes the easiest approach might be patch and paint. You won’t have to run all around town to track down siding that may or may not be being manufactured anymore. Also I’m going to be testing out a siding restoration liquid that is supposed to bring vinyl back to its original color and sheen, so look for that video coming soonish. If your old siding is a different color than the new siding because of fading you might not be out of luck because you might be able to restore the old siding. Good luck!

@@sidingschool One more thing, Brandon. If I can't find a single 12'-6" length of siding, would it be possible to effect the repair with shorter pieces? Specifically, I can buy 24" long sample pieces of Ply Gem vinyl siding from our Home Depot. No, it wouldn't look ideal, but at least it would stop the Mrs from freaking out about it, right? 😉 The point is that, even if I have to use vinyl paint to get a color match, the damage would be covered. What do you think?

If it’s next to a corner you could definitely do the repair with a shorter piece. Make sure you face the seam in the same direction as all the other seams and if you’re adding a seam to the wall make sure it is at least 2’ from the ones above and below. If the repair is in the middle of a 12’ 6” piece there’s gonna be two seams and that won’t look too nice imo, but most people wouldn’t notice. If the siding isn’t too mangled and the hole isn’t too big you could always do the patch and paint method… the patches are on amazon for cheap, they are just peel and stick.

Hey thanks for subscribing! I’ve seen barcodes and numerical codes on a lot of siding, I think that they would help each manufacturer identify the production run (but that is just a guess). I’m not sure if the code could help identify the manufacturer… it would be nice if it could though.

The methods I used in these videos should work for you. Once you’ve established what brand, color, style etc. your siding is you’ll probably have to contact a local medium to small size siding company and ask them to order a piece for you. Good luck!

Huh?

Siding has a serial number then (USA TF) WONDERING IF ANYONE KNOWS THE MAKER.. DUTCH LAP SIDING FROM AWHILE BACK

Gotcha, maybe put the serial number here and someone will be able to find it… otherwise I’d take a picture of it and show it to a siding distributor. Or even take a piece off and bring it somewhere. Sometimes the trim pieces might have more information or another piece of siding might say the manufacturer, line and color. Good luck!

Ended up just tearing the side down that was damage and starting fresh corner to corner. I think it's honestly an old piece of siding from Sears

Sometimes that’s the best way to do it. Good luck!