Grass Trimmer Cuts Vinyl Siding

To my horror.

Grass trimmer cuts vinyl siding.

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. 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. Free shipping by amazon. Lot of the vinyl pickets are damaged cut broken right at the bottom.

Take care though power models can be dangerous so follow all the safety precautions. I had never used a string trimmer. How to protect fence posts from a weed eater. The grey color visible in the picture is the back side of the vinyl siding.

Weed wacker proof rustique ribb skirting is warranted to be resistant to the normal use of grass string trimmers using 105 string or less. Most vinyl is verry brittle and chips easy. Power models with rotating blades make the job easier especially if you have a large area to cover. The vinyl siding skirting panel that finally defeats the weed wacker.

Maintaining good clearances between finish grade and siding materials of all kinds is crucial to preventing this kind of damage. 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. Current vinyl siding starts just 3 above grade and gets torn up by weed eater.

Now the grass was about 2 ft high. Maybe cut out about 6 of the plywood sheathing and replace that with cement siding cut to size. Have a small house to replace vinyl siding on. All goes well until i rake the cut grass away from the bottom of the fence.

So i go an buy a husqvarna string trimmer and use it to trim the grass growing at the bottom of the fence. Midwest magsnips replaceable blade snip straight cut regular vinyl siding cutting sheers with kush n kote grips magnesium handles mwt 1200sv. 3 9 out of 5 stars 14. I was just trying to think of best solution for this.

Older house not much height on the foundation. The vinyl siding as seen from inside the crawl space.