How To Replace One Piece Of Lap Siding

Use a pry bar to remove the damaged siding.

How to replace one piece of lap siding.

To replicate the. Replace siding by working from the bottom up you might need a helper here. Placing the new piece of hardie board is just as simple as the demo. Cut the fiber cement siding to length wear approved dust protection.

Run a utility knife horizontally along the entire length of the broken wood siding to score it. Make another cut with the knife through the. Blind nail the fiber cement siding in place starting with the bottom piece. To install the replacement siding start at the bottom and work your way up.

How to change a piece of broken wood siding. Specifically he shows every step in how to remove old. When you replace the boards use a homemade reveal set jig to match the reveal of the existing siding. Attach the siding with 10d galvanized box nails driven into the overlap at least 1 2 in.

Remove the nails on. 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. Overlap the boards so each row of new siding has the same reveal as the old siding. Before the fiber cement shake panels image 1 go up you ll need to put up the fascia board.

Watch this graphic depiction of the removal and replacement of hardboard siding. Score down the damaged lap siding with a utility knife. Remove the nails in the corner cap. Slip a pry bar under the bottom edge of the broken board near one of the nails holding the board in.

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. Remove any nails that still might be underneath the bottom portion of the piece above the one you removed. Above the bottom edge. Remove any nails from the top piece of good siding.