How To Replace One Piece Of Lap Siding

How to change a piece of broken wood siding.

How to replace one piece of lap siding.

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. Replace siding by working from the bottom up you might need a helper here. Above the bottom edge. Run a utility knife horizontally along the entire length of the broken wood siding to score it.

To replicate the. Use a pry bar to remove the damaged siding. Watch this graphic depiction of the removal and replacement of hardboard siding. Placing your hardie board.

Cut the fiber cement siding to length wear approved dust protection. Specifically he shows every step in how to remove old. Score down the damaged lap siding with a utility knife. To install the replacement siding start at the bottom and work your way up.

How to repair and replace siding step 1. Before the fiber cement shake panels image 1 go up you ll need to put up the fascia board. Placing the new piece of hardie board is just as simple as the demo. Blind nail the fiber cement siding in place starting with the bottom piece.

Remove the nails on. Overlap the boards so each row of new siding has the same reveal as the old siding. Remove any nails from the top piece of good siding. When you replace the boards use a homemade reveal set jig to match the reveal of the existing siding.

Remove any nails that still might be underneath the bottom portion of the piece above the one you removed. Make another cut with the knife through the. 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. Remove the nails in the corner cap.