How To Remove And Replace Hardie Board Siding

Placing your hardie board.

How to remove and replace hardie board siding.

Step 4 replace boards. Fiber cement siding removal procedures to minimize dust to permit possible salvage re use of the material. Cut the fiber cement siding to length wear approved dust protection. Remove the nails in the corner cap.

Step 3 fix any problems behind the siding. To remove and replace damaged siding. This article describes why owners decided to remove fiber cement siding from their home and to replace it with james hardie s hardieplank fiber cement product. Remove the nails on the lap board then use the claw of the hammer to split the board down the center image 1.

How to replace fiber cement lap siding boards. Remove any nails from the top piece of good siding. Here is a link to the nailing machine i was using. This is a cheap quick easy way to replace rotted siding on your house doing it yourself to avoid the expense of hiring someone to come and do it and without.

Step 2 remove damaged lap siding. Determine the amount of the siding that needs to be replaced and order or buy the necessary pieces. Face nail the top piece of fiber cement siding through the old siding. 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.

Placing the new piece of hardie board is just as simple as the demo. Slide the thin edge of a flat pry bar carefully under the lower edge of the first piece of hardieplank siding to be removed. Once all the nails are removed from the adjoining board the damaged one should just pull out. Score down the damaged lap siding with a utility knife.

Pry the piece of siding out toward you gently to let you see the nail or screw patterning of how the planks have. Use a mallet. Blind nail the fiber cement siding in place starting with the bottom piece. Remove any nails that still might be underneath the bottom portion of the piece above the one you removed.

Step 1 preparation. The article details just how the old fiber cement siding was removed with minimum damage.