Replacing Rotted Hardboard Siding

Remove damaged siding.

Replacing rotted hardboard siding.

How to remove and replace siding. Remove damaged siding remove the deteriorated hardboard siding using a pry bar and chisel being careful not to damage. If needed replace the sheathing behind the siding using 1 2 plywood covered with builder s. Failure to do so can lead to moisture and insect infiltration that will in turn lead to rotting and deterioration of the boards.

You also need to stay on top of the caulking. Replace rotten sheathing if needed replace the sheathing behind the siding using 1 2 plywood covered with builder s. Hardboard siding needs to be primed and painted just like wood. Use a pry bar to remove the damaged siding.

Using 2 inch siding nails attach the new wood piece. Face nail the top. Blind nail the fiber cement siding in place starting with the bottom piece. The nails should be placed into each of the individual wall studs.

The sheathing and framing sometimes need repairs too but that is less common. To remove and replace damaged siding. Thinner than most hardboard but it works in many cases has a comparable cost is highly rot resistant and carries a 50 year warranty. Cut fiber cement.

Cut fiber cement siding. Consider replacing rotted areas with fiber cement siding. 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 process of replacing rotten wood siding isn t difficult.

Remove any nails from the top piece of good siding. Place the new wood piece under the lower edge of the blank in the upper plank. Remove the deteriorated hardboard siding using a pry bar and chisel being careful not to damage. Position the groove along the bottom part of the new wood piece onto the upper edge of the wood piece.

The spaces between each piece of hardboard and along the edges need to be filled with caulk. Cut the fiber cement siding. The steps involve cutting away the rotten siding clearing out the old nails cutting the new siding to the appropriate length and fastening the siding as well as caulking it to make the siding watertight.