Replacing Shingles Next To Siding

When you replace these boards make sure you have good flashing along the joint.

Replacing shingles next to siding.

5 replace damaged shingles in original starter course with new shingles. Work your way from the top to the bottom if you plan on replacing all of the asbestos shingles on your home. How to do it prep the walls. First let s discuss replacing individual broken sections of fiber cement siding.

Install exterior trim around the windows and doors as needed. How to replace a damaged shingle. Grab a saw preferably a hacksaw and start cutting the siding vertically. It is very difficult to remove individual broken asbestos cement wall shingles but working carefully it can be done.

To do so drive wedges in the section above the damaged siding. Be sure to choose a wood stain or material for. This following is a step by step guide for replacement of clapboard shingles and shake siding. Use a story pole to lay out.

Consider replacing rotted areas with fiber cement siding. We had to replace them and all the roofing companies said to do it ourselves because its easy winds of 100km the yard was a mess garbage shingles toy pools. Remove the shingles in the rows above if you re only replacing a small number. Install the new siding so there s a 1 in.

You want to cut a couple inches to the left and. 8 start nailing on shingles at the corner leaving 1 8 inch space in between shingles. Often a major re siding can be delayed by repairing sections of siding. Improper installation of flashing where roofing shingles meet vinyl siding.

Clapboard shingles and shake. Boards shingles and panels usually can be replaced without too much trouble. Since shingles are layered the top shingles will be the easiest to remove first. 7 use the story pole to mark the location of the first shingle course.

9 plane the corner shingle flush with house wall. To prepare the exterior walls apply building wrap for a water resistant barrier beneath the shingles. Gap between siding and shingles. Where siding meets a roof it will rot if the siding touches the shingles.

This chapter shows how to repair most types of siding including stucco. Work by an inexperienced contractor can ruin a cement asbestos shingle wall siding and lead to complete replacement that could have been avoidable. We had a wind storm recently blow off one shingle and damage 3 shingles on our garage. Improper installation of flashing where roofing shingles meet vinyl siding.