Replacing Cracked Siding

The best way to get a replacement piece is to take the broken piece to vinyl siding distributors in your area and find the closest match.

Replacing cracked siding.

Nail straight down on the replacement board in order to hit studs. Pull loose nails from clapboard siding. When you replace these boards make sure you have good flashing along the joint. Fiber cement siding is low cost for its rated lifespan and is easy to maintain when compared with other siding choices.

No matter how durable fiber cement siding is though cracks can still occur. Fill in the nail holes. Where siding meets a roof it will rot if the siding touches the shingles. Consider replacing rotted areas with fiber cement siding.

Take the replacement board fit it in place image 2 and nail it in with a hammer using galvanized nails. To repair vinyl siding fill in minor imperfections with caulk and then paint it to match the rest of the siding once it cures. Cut out the damaged piece of siding leaving a space 2 inches shorter than the replacement piece. Install the new siding so there s a 1 in.

Be sure to nail into the existing holes on the adjacent siding. Install the replacement piece over the existing siding and attach with roofing nails. This chapter shows how to repair most types of siding including stucco. In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to repair clapboards.

Gap between siding and shingles. Secure old siding by driving ring shank nails down at an angle through the old nail holes. How to prevent serious siding damage if your siding is buckling splitting warping delaminating or coming loose in large areas or if you see mold or other signs of moisture inside the siding remove a section and take a look. Use the snips to cut away about two inches of the top nailing strip and the bottom j profile from both ends of the replacement piece.

For larger dents cracks or holes start by cutting out the damaged segment of siding and removing it with a zip tool.