How To Replace A Broken Piece Of Cedar Wood Siding

Blind nail the fiber cement siding in place starting with the bottom piece.

How to replace a broken piece of cedar wood siding.

Remove any nails from the top piece of good siding. Run a utility knife horizontally along the entire length of the broken wood siding to score it. First to help avoid any future insect damage back prime the cedar with oil based primer image 1. Place the flat end of the pry bar or the nail remover underneath the trim board adjacent to a nail and push down on the end of.

Then remove the damaged shake. Always use corrosion resistant nails when working with cedar wood. A quick video showing you how to replace damaged siding on your house all by yourself. Add new siding we used cedar siding to replace the rotted clapboards.

Use a circular saw to cut the board to length and fasten it in place with nails. The heads will break the paper face allowing water to soak in and deteriorate the siding. Face nail the top piece of fiber cement siding through the old siding. Cut the fiber cement siding to length wear approved dust protection.

Do not drive the nails flush or countersink them. Prime the back and edges of the new siding. Please like and subscribe to our channel and make sure to ask us any. Nail the starter strip in place above the drip cap with a coiled nailing sider.

Thoroughly paint all exposed edges and grooves. Before the siding can go up 1x4 starter strips of treated lumber should be nailed to the sill where the lower most course of siding will go up image 2. Galvanized hot dipped zinc coated and aluminum nails are all appropriate. If it doesn t come out easily split it into several pieces with a hammer and chisel and remove the pieces.

Cut the cement board and the planks to replicate the look of cedar shake cut a 2 piece of fiber cement board that will go right above the drip cap then a larger piece on top of that and finally the shingle panels. Use a pry bar to remove the damaged siding. Start by removing the corner trim pieces that cover the siding ends. The length of nail you use will depend on the thickness of the siding.

Make another cut with the knife through the wood but not into the builder s felt underneath the.