How To Replace A Broken Piece Of Cedar Wood Siding

Then remove the damaged shake.

How to replace a broken piece of cedar wood siding.

Nail the starter strip in place above the drip cap with a coiled nailing sider. Blind nail the fiber cement siding in place starting with the bottom piece. Use a pry bar to remove the damaged siding. It doesn t need to fit exactly in the corner.

Galvanized hot dipped zinc coated and aluminum nails are all appropriate. Pull out or cut off all nails as above. If it doesn t come out easily split it into several pieces with a hammer and chisel and remove the pieces. Add new siding we used cedar siding to replace the rotted clapboards.

Prime the back and edges of the new siding. Remove any nails from the top piece of good siding. Use a circular saw to cut the board to length and fasten it in place with nails. Cut the fiber cement siding to length wear approved dust protection.

A quick video showing you how to replace damaged siding on your house all by yourself. Always use corrosion resistant nails when working with cedar wood. Run a utility knife horizontally along the entire length of the broken wood siding to score it. The length of nail you use will depend on the thickness of the siding.

The heads will break the paper face allowing water to soak in and deteriorate the siding. Wedge each damaged shake or shingle out driving wedges under the damaged shake and under the shakes that overlap it. Cut the cement board and the planks to replicate the look of cedar shake cut a 2 piece of fiber cement board that will go right above the drip cap then a larger piece on top of that and finally the shingle panels. Thoroughly paint all exposed edges and grooves.

Start by removing the corner trim pieces that cover the siding ends. Place the flat end of the pry bar or the nail remover underneath the trim board adjacent to a nail and push down on the end of. Before the siding can go up 1x4 starter strips of treated lumber should be nailed to the sill where the lower most course of siding will go up image 2. Do not drive the nails flush or countersink them.

First to help avoid any future insect damage back prime the cedar with oil based primer image 1.