Replacing Bad Siding

Use a pair of tin snips or a utility knife to cut the siding and place a straightedge on the piece to keep your cut.

Replacing bad siding.

Remove damaged siding remove the deteriorated hardboard siding using a pry bar and chisel being careful not to damage. Wedge the board away from the house by driving wedges up under the damaged board to pull it out from the. We tear off the damaged hardboard and replace it with fiber cement siding. Gap at corner and butt joints.

Remove the nails on. Do not drive the nails flush or countersink them. Replace rotten sheathing if needed replace the sheathing behind the siding using 1 2 plywood covered with builder s. In fact unless there is a specific and urgent problem with a home s siding replacing the siding may not be on the homeowner s radar at all.

Cut through the board on each side of the damaged area using a backsaw or a hacksaw. Remove the nails in the corner cap. How to replace external cedar siding tools and supplies. Replacing a home s siding may not be at the top of most homeowner s to do lists.

Subscribe to this old house. Score down the damaged lap siding with a utility knife. How to repair and replace siding step 1. 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.

Thoroughly paint all exposed edges and grooves. Ask this old house general contractor tom silva helps a homeowner repair sections of his vinyl siding that have holes. But perhaps it should be. Trim a replacement piece of siding to the same length as the damaged piece.

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. The sheathing and framing sometimes need repairs too but that is less common. Seal these joints. Place the flat end of the pry bar or the nail.

Start by removing the corner trim pieces that cover the siding ends. Before the fiber cement shake panels image 1 go up you ll need to put up the fascia board. The heads will break the paper face allowing water to soak in and. Make your repair last prime the back and edges of the new siding.

After all siding does wear out. To replicate the. If you don t. Here s how to repair damaged clapboards also known as bevel or lap siding.

Cut fiber cement.