Trying to place the screw through that middle rib can be awkward.
How to attache hook to the siding.
The screw tends to wobble a great deal until it penetrates the thickened section.
Slide the bottom of the siding into the footer being sure to leave enough space to allow for expansion.
My vinyl siding pieces are molded to look like two planks together which means that the hooks only work between separated planks.
Add your starter sheet of siding.
Anchor deck joists to the ledger with joist hangers filling each hole with galvanized joist hanger nails rated for pressure treated wood.
When you re ready to hang things on your vinyl siding push the curved part of the hook between the siding panels.
You may have to make a small notch on the lower lip of the slat for the wire to pass through.
Siding is intended to hang from the nails not to be nailed flat.
Slide the end.
This hooks it onto the bottom of the siding.
Then hang your decorations on the bottom of the hook.
Slip the top of the hook underneath a piece of siding and wiggle it until it snaps into place.
For siding that has two sections called ship lap there is a rib running horizontally in the middle of the piece.