Replacing Wooden Siding With Concrete Board

When you replace the boards use a homemade reveal set jig to match the reveal of the existing siding.

Replacing wooden siding with concrete board.

Am i right there is gap and water entering when heavy rain 2. To remove and replace damaged siding. Easy instructions on replacing your rotten 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.

Trim your replacement pieces down to size using the old siding for reference. Nail straight down on the replacement board in order to hit studs. Like warped wood siding fiber cement siding can buckle if it s installed without proper gaps between the boards. Cut the fiber cement siding to length wear approved dust protection.

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. There is concrete touching the siding band board. It starts with an effort to nail the board in place.

Fill in the nail holes. The process of replacing rotten wood siding isn t difficult. Be sure to nail into the existing holes on the adjacent siding. Use a pry bar to remove the damaged siding.

Face nail the top piece of fiber cement siding through the old siding. You can notice the gutter pipe going down at that point roof ends allowing water to fall on this area of concrete 3. Because fiber cement looks and cuts like wood the process of fixing buckled fiber cement boards is nearly identical to fixing warped wood boards. After you remove the rotted courses use a small hacksaw to cut any protruding nail shanks or if you have a very strong grip use a good pair of wire cutters.

According to the best practices manual from james hardie existing siding can be used as a substrate as long as it is in good condition meaning that it is not warped. Buckled fiber cement boards boards. Then use a chalk line to create a reference mark for the first or bottom piece of siding and start securing the siding pieces from the bottom to the top. Watch this graphic depiction of the removal and replacement of hardboard siding.

Install the new boards. A long piece of siding will sag in the middle so use temporary blocks to hold it in place while you attach it.