How To Replace One Piece Of Lap Siding

Score down the damaged lap siding with a utility knife.

How to replace one piece of lap siding.

Remove any nails from the top piece of good siding. Placing the new piece of hardie board is just as simple as the demo. To replicate the. Specifically he shows every step in how to remove old.

Blind nail the fiber cement siding in place starting with the bottom piece. Slip a pry bar under the bottom edge of the broken board near one of the nails holding the board in. Run a utility knife horizontally along the entire length of the broken wood siding to score it. Placing your hardie board.

To install the replacement siding start at the bottom and work your way up. Replace siding by working from the bottom up you might need a helper here. Before the fiber cement shake panels image 1 go up you ll need to put up the fascia board. Make another cut with the knife through the.

Cut the fiber cement siding to length wear approved dust protection. Remove any nails that still might be underneath the bottom portion of the piece above the one you removed. Use a pry bar to remove the damaged siding. Overlap the boards so each row of new siding has the same reveal as the old siding.

Remove the nails on. Attach the siding with 10d galvanized box nails driven into the overlap at least 1 2 in. Remove the nails in the corner cap. When you replace the boards use a homemade reveal set jig to match the reveal of the existing siding.

Just the nails that will prevent the new board from sliding back into place you can either completely remove the nails or clip them off. Above the bottom edge. The courses should overlap by at least 1 in. Watch this graphic depiction of the removal and replacement of hardboard siding.