How To Replace One Piece Of Lap Siding

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

How to replace one piece of lap siding.

Replace siding by working from the bottom up you might need a helper here. Specifically he shows every step in how to remove old. Run a utility knife horizontally along the entire length of the broken wood siding to score it. Attach the siding with 10d galvanized box nails driven into the overlap at least 1 2 in.

Use a pry bar to remove the damaged siding. Cut the fiber cement siding to length wear approved dust protection. Remove the nails on. When you replace the boards use a homemade reveal set jig to match the reveal of the existing siding.

The courses should overlap by at least 1 in. Remove any nails from the top piece of good siding. Watch this graphic depiction of the removal and replacement of hardboard siding. Slip a pry bar under the bottom edge of the broken board near one of the nails holding the board in.

Overlap the boards so each row of new siding has the same reveal as the old siding. How to repair and replace siding step 1. Score down the damaged lap siding with a utility knife. You can use a tape measure to mark the reveal of each piece of replacement siding or make a spacer gauge from two blocks of wood screwed together.

Placing your hardie board. To install the replacement siding start at the bottom and work your way up. Remove any nails that still might be underneath the bottom portion of the piece above the one you removed. Just the nails that will prevent the new board from sliding back into place you can either completely remove the nails or clip them off.

Make another cut with the knife through the. Placing the new piece of hardie board is just as simple as the demo. Before the fiber cement shake panels image 1 go up you ll need to put up the fascia board. Remove the nails in the corner cap.