How To Replace One Piece Of Lap Siding

Cut the fiber cement siding to length wear approved dust protection.

How to replace one piece of lap siding.

Blind nail the fiber cement siding in place starting with the bottom piece. The courses should overlap by at least 1 in. Attach the siding with 10d galvanized box nails driven into the overlap at least 1 2 in. Watch this graphic depiction of the removal and replacement of hardboard siding.

Make another cut with the knife through the. Specifically he shows every step in how to remove old. Remove any nails from the top piece of good siding. To install the replacement siding start at the bottom and work your way up.

Placing your hardie board. Remove the nails in the corner cap. When you replace the boards use a homemade reveal set jig to match the reveal of the existing siding. Use a pry bar to remove the damaged siding.

Placing the new piece of hardie board is just as simple as the demo. Slip a pry bar under the bottom edge of the broken board near one of the nails holding the board in. Score down the damaged lap siding with a utility knife. Remove any nails that still might be underneath the bottom portion of the piece above the one you removed.

Before the fiber cement shake panels image 1 go up you ll need to put up the fascia board. Above the bottom edge. Remove the nails on. Replace siding by working from the bottom up you might need a helper here.

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. Run a utility knife horizontally along the entire length of the broken wood siding to score it. How to change a piece of broken wood 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.