Replacing Bad Siding

Remove the nails in the corner cap.

Replacing bad siding.

Trim a replacement piece of siding to the same length as the damaged piece. Seal these joints. Here s how to repair damaged clapboards also known as bevel or lap siding. Wedge the board away from the house by driving wedges up under the damaged board to pull it out from the.

How to repair and replace siding step 1. In fact unless there is a specific and urgent problem with a home s siding replacing the siding may not be on the homeowner s radar at all. The heads will break the paper face allowing water to soak in and. Place the flat end of the pry bar or the nail.

Score down the damaged lap siding with a utility knife. The best way to get a replacement piece is to take the broken piece to vinyl siding distributors in your area and find the closest match. Replacing a home s siding may not be at the top of most homeowner s to do lists. Ask this old house general contractor tom silva helps a homeowner repair sections of his vinyl siding that have holes.

Thoroughly paint all exposed edges and grooves. Make your repair last prime the back and edges of the new siding. Remove damaged siding remove the deteriorated hardboard siding using a pry bar and chisel being careful not to damage. We tear off the damaged hardboard and replace it with fiber cement siding.

After all siding does wear out. Subscribe to this old house. How to remove and replace siding. Do not drive the nails flush or countersink them.

The sheathing and framing sometimes need repairs too but that is less common. To replicate the. But perhaps it should be. Cut fiber cement.

How to replace external cedar siding tools and supplies. If the old vinyl has faded or you can t find the right color take the broken piece to a paint store and have the color matched. Remove the nails on. Start by removing the corner trim pieces that cover the siding ends.

Having the tools readily available before you begin working makes the removal and replacement. If you don t. Before the fiber cement shake panels image 1 go up you ll need to put up the fascia board. Replace rotten sheathing if needed replace the sheathing behind the siding using 1 2 plywood covered with builder s.

In most cases the original layer of building paper or housewrap at the bottom of the wall was enough to prevent water infiltration and damage beneath the siding.