Replace Damaged Siding Board

Replace any compromised vapor barriers or rotting wood.

Replace damaged siding board.

Nail straight down on the replacement board in order to hit studs. You can use a tape measure to mark the reveal of each piece of replacement siding or make a spacer gauge from two blocks of wood screwed together. A few years ago we were headed on a little family vacay it seemed a million things needed to be done before we could get out of town. Wedge the board away from the house by driving wedges up under the damaged board to pull it out.

To install the replacement siding start at the bottom and work your way up. Protect sound siding with a scrap piece of 1 4 in. Replace the old board with a new one of the same size and shape. Here is a peek at our damaged hardie board.

Remove any nails from the top piece of good siding. The damaged board or shake is the only part that must be replaced and the job goes fairly quickly. Be sure to nail into the existing holes on the adjacent siding. To remove and replace damaged siding.

To learn how to repair wood siding remove rotted boards with a flat pry bar. Pry off the rotted boards. If the issues extend underneath healthy pieces of siding these will still need to be removed so the entire situation can be remedied. In most cases the original layer of building paper or housewrap at the bottom of the wall was enough to prevent water infiltration and damage beneath the siding.

Like when your hardie board gets messed up and you don t fix it until you decide to write a post called how to repair hardie board siding. The sheathing and framing sometimes need repairs too but that is less common. Step 4 replace boards. Siding is always hung starting at the bottom.

Specifically he shows every step in how to remove old. Overlap the boards so each row of new siding has the same reveal as the old siding. Once all the nails are removed from the adjoining board the damaged one should just pull out. Cut the fiber cement siding to length wear approved dust protection.

Face nail the top piece of fiber cement siding through the old. We tear off the damaged hardboard and replace it with fiber cement siding. Here s how to repair damaged clapboards also known as bevel or lap siding. Blind nail the fiber cement siding in place starting with the bottom piece.

Take the replacement board fit it in place image 2 and nail it in with a hammer using galvanized nails.