Replacing Wooden Siding With Concrete Board

Trim your replacement pieces down to size using the old siding for reference.

Replacing wooden siding with concrete board.

Remove any nails from the top piece of good siding. Blind nail the fiber cement siding in place starting with the bottom piece. You can notice the gutter pipe going down at that point roof ends allowing water to fall on this area of concrete 3. Am i right there is gap and water entering when heavy rain 2.

The steps involve cutting away the rotten siding clearing out the old nails cutting the new siding to the appropriate length and fastening the siding as well as caulking it to make the siding watertight. Easy instructions on replacing your rotten siding. Take the replacement board fit it in place image 2 and nail it in with a hammer using galvanized nails. Watch this graphic depiction of the removal and replacement of hardboard siding.

Cut the fiber cement siding to length wear approved dust protection. Install the new boards. Using existing siding for replacing siding the best place to start is to closely examine the existing siding to get a good understanding of what condition it is actually in. Use a pry bar to remove the damaged siding.

Buckled fiber cement boards boards. Be sure to nail into the existing holes on the adjacent siding. Face nail the top piece of fiber cement siding through the old siding. Because fiber cement looks and cuts like wood the process of fixing buckled fiber cement boards is nearly identical to fixing warped wood boards.

The band board has rot luckily there is no rot in the inside of crawl space adjacent. It starts with an effort to nail the board in place. After you remove the rotted courses use a small hacksaw to cut any protruding nail shanks or if you have a very strong grip use a good pair of wire cutters. A long piece of siding will sag in the middle so use temporary blocks to hold it in place while you attach it.

Like warped wood siding fiber cement siding can buckle if it s installed without proper gaps between the boards. The process of replacing rotten wood siding isn t difficult. There is concrete touching the siding band board. Fill in the nail holes.

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. According to the best practices manual from james hardie existing siding can be used as a substrate as long as it is in good condition meaning that it is not warped.