Grass Trimmer Cuts Vinyl Siding

Have a small house to replace vinyl siding on.

Grass trimmer cuts vinyl siding.

The vinyl siding skirting panel that finally defeats the weed wacker. The fence line is one area where weeds and unwanted plant growth call for a weed eater unless you enjoy pulling weeds by hand. So i go an buy a husqvarna string trimmer and use it to trim the grass growing at the bottom of the fence. How to protect fence posts from a weed eater.

Older house not much height on the foundation. Current vinyl siding starts just 3 above grade and gets torn up by weed eater. Warranted to be string trimmer resistant and the most heavy duty vinyl skirting available today. Bullet tools 9 inch ez shear sharpshooter siding and laminate flooring cutter.

Simply place the wheel on the hard surface with the blade just over the edge and push and pull. 3 9 out of 5 stars 14. The grey color visible in the picture is the back side of the vinyl siding. Most vinyl is verry brittle and chips easy.

I was just trying to think of best solution for this. The vinyl siding as seen from inside the crawl space. Free shipping by amazon. Create an almost invisible border about one foot wide by removing the grass putting down landscape fabric you can buy a small roll and cut it lengthwise into one foot strips then applying gravel or stone that matches your stucco or foundation color.

All goes well until i rake the cut grass away from the bottom of the fence. Lot of the vinyl pickets are damaged cut broken right at the bottom. To my horror. My trimmer line has cracked or put holes in vinyl skirting siding gutters i try to be as careful as i can trimming the high grass aroung vinyl but it seems like every time i wind up chipping the vinyl with my trimmer line.

Maybe cut out about 6 of the plywood sheathing and replace that with cement siding cut to size. I had never used a string trimmer. Take care though power models can be dangerous so follow all the safety precautions. Now the grass was about 2 ft high.

Weed wacker proof rustique ribb skirting is warranted to be resistant to the normal use of grass string trimmers using 105 string or less. Power models with rotating blades make the job easier especially if you have a large area to cover.