How To Replace Damaged Hardie Siding

Cut the fiber cement siding to length wear approved dust protection.

How to replace damaged hardie siding.

Trim trees and other plants away from your home. Sand over the damaged area lightly but thoroughly with a medium grit sandpaper to smooth any jagged edges and create an easy grip surface. To remove and replace damaged siding. This is so they don t prematurely wear areas of your siding.

Remove any nails from the top piece of good siding. Proper hardie plank siding maintenance. Here is a link to the nailing machine i was using. Face nail the top.

Step 2 pry the piece of siding out toward you gently to let you see the nail or screw patterning of how the planks have been fastened to the under structure. Then hammer away on the rest of the board. Blind nail the fiber cement siding in place starting with the bottom piece. Use a 4 foot level to check and then hammer in another nail.

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. How to patch hardieplank. Use a mallet or hammer to gently drive the tip of the bar up behind the siding if necessary. You can use a soft cloth or a brush to clean.

Brush away any chipped paint small loose pieces of siding or anything else that mars the plane of the siding.