How do I remove broken fasteners from vinyl siding?
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008daogress asked:
A funnel cloud took off one of my decorative
plastic shutters, which I have on either
side of my windows, around the perimeter
of my home. It was attached with some
of those easyloc fasteners. The force of
the winds, ripped the tops off of them, and
left the “screw” part of the easylocs inside
of the house (vinyl siding). How do I get
those broken pieces out of the vinyl siding
so I can refasten the shutters with new easylocs.
There is no leverage space to get in any type
of tweezers. Plus there is a lot of resistence
because of the way the easylocs are made.
I thought of using a real thin drill bit and
go into the fastener and then trying to pull
the mout that way, but they are only about a
quarter inch wide. Oy vey. Help!
Larry
A funnel cloud took off one of my decorative
plastic shutters, which I have on either
side of my windows, around the perimeter
of my home. It was attached with some
of those easyloc fasteners. The force of
the winds, ripped the tops off of them, and
left the “screw” part of the easylocs inside
of the house (vinyl siding). How do I get
those broken pieces out of the vinyl siding
so I can refasten the shutters with new easylocs.
There is no leverage space to get in any type
of tweezers. Plus there is a lot of resistence
because of the way the easylocs are made.
I thought of using a real thin drill bit and
go into the fastener and then trying to pull
the mout that way, but they are only about a
quarter inch wide. Oy vey. Help!
Larry
