How To Replace Damaged Hardie Board Siding

Sand over the damaged area lightly but thoroughly with a medium grit sandpaper to smooth any jagged edges and create an easy grip surface.

How to replace damaged hardie board siding.

A long piece of siding will sag in the middle so use temporary blocks to hold it in place while you attach it. 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. Fiber cement siding removal procedures to minimize dust to permit possible salvage re use of the material. Then use a chalk line to create a reference mark for the first or bottom piece of siding and start securing the siding pieces from the bottom to the top.

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. Cut the fiber cement siding to length wear approved dust protection. Placing your hardie board. Placing the new piece of hardie board is just as simple as the demo.

To remove and replace damaged siding. Here is a link to the nailing machine i was using. Face nail the top. Trim your replacement pieces down to size using the old siding for reference.

Brush away any chipped paint small loose pieces of siding or anything else that mars the plane of the siding. Remove any nails from the top piece of good siding. You ll need to measure the length of the boards you ll be replacing. Blind nail the fiber cement siding in place starting with the bottom piece.

The article details just how the old fiber cement siding was removed with minimum damage. How to patch hardieplank.