How To Repair Lap Siding Board

Make first cut image zoom to cut out a damaged area use a square and a utility knife to scribe cut lines on.

How to repair lap siding board.

How to repair siding shingles. To replicate the. 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. Here s how to repair damaged clapboards also known as bevel or lap siding.

To learn how to repair wood siding remove rotted boards with a flat pry bar. Remove nails image zoom if the siding board above has exposed nails that go into the board that you want to. Overlap the boards so each row of new siding has the same reveal as the old siding. To install the replacement siding start at the bottom and work your way up.

Specifically he shows every step in how to remove old. Pry off the rotted boards. If your siding is in need of repair this section will show you how to remove damaged shingles and attach new ones. If you re replacing more than one board in a run simply hammer a nail into the top corner to support it and then move half way down the board.

The process is fairly simple. Remove the nails on. Use a 4 foot level to check and then hammer in another nail. Cut through the board on each side of the damaged area using a backsaw or a hacksaw.

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. Score down the damaged lap siding with a utility knife. Wedge the board away from the house by driving wedges up under the damaged board to pull it out from the. Protect sound siding with a scrap piece of 1 4 in.

If you don t. Before the fiber cement shake panels image 1 go up you ll need to put up the fascia board. Remove the nails in the corner cap. How to repair and replace siding step 1.

Then hammer away on the rest of the board. Replacing siding pieces step 1.