How To Remove Ivy From Hardiplank Siding

While lush green ivy growing up a wall or trailing across a fence can lend classic ambiance to your yard removing the ivy when you need a change isn t always an easy task.

How to remove ivy from hardiplank siding.

In spite we liked that. Finally i used a magic eraser to remove the stains from the siding. The sooner you can clean your brick the better. I just removed ivy from painted aluminum siding.

Ivy suckers are tough and anchor themselves even deeper into wood siding which is naturally more porous than vinyl or aluminum siding. Then i scraped it off with a plastic putty knife until there was very little material left. First i wet it with a sponge using a warm water and dish soap solution. Never use a pressure washing system to remove ivy suckers on vinyl siding.

For wood siding use a paint scraper to remove the ivy shoots from the surface. This heavy duty process can permanently damage the siding. Sorry to say i found no easy way. A power washer took off some from the steel siding and didn t hurt the siding but i used a knife to remove it.

When removing ivy pull it very gently off the wall not worrying about the stems that break and stay stuck. Couple years ago our homeowners association asked us to remove ivy from the corner of our house. How to remove ivy marks. Hope this helps someone.

If the roots have grown into cracks you don t want to damage your mortar or siding by yanking too hard. You can t even tell i had ivy on it. As i found with my porch over time the roots will harden and be nearly impossible to remove.