How To Replace A Broken Piece Of Cedar Wood Siding

Prime the back and edges of the new siding.

How to replace a broken piece of cedar wood siding.

Remove any nails from the top piece of good siding. The heads will break the paper face allowing water to soak in and deteriorate the siding. First to help avoid any future insect damage back prime the cedar with oil based primer image 1. Always use corrosion resistant nails when working with cedar wood.

Blind nail the fiber cement siding in place starting with the bottom piece. Please like and subscribe to our channel and make sure to ask us any. 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.

Use a pry bar to remove the damaged siding. The length of nail you use will depend on the thickness of the siding. Face nail the top piece of fiber cement siding through the old siding. It doesn t need to fit exactly in the corner.

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. A quick video showing you how to replace damaged siding on your house all by yourself. Use a circular saw to cut the board to length and fasten it in place with nails. If it doesn t come out easily split it into several pieces with a hammer and chisel and remove the pieces.

Nail the starter strip in place above the drip cap with a coiled nailing sider. Do not drive the nails flush or countersink them. Galvanized hot dipped zinc coated and aluminum nails are all appropriate. Make another cut with the knife through the wood but not into the builder s felt underneath the.

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. Start by removing the corner trim pieces that cover the siding ends. Pull out or cut off all nails as above. Wedge each damaged shake or shingle out driving wedges under the damaged shake and under the shakes that overlap it.

Thoroughly paint all exposed edges and grooves.