How To Replace Wood Clapboard Siding

Tap flat bar under siding to loosen nails.

How to replace wood clapboard siding.

To remove pry them from the house with thin pry bars and a hammer. Allow the primer to dry and you re ready for the final coat of paint. Finish the cut with a sharp utility knife. Start by identifying the damaged clapboards.

Using a wood scrap gently tap the siding into place from the opposite end to finish the job nail your new piece of siding to the studs using hot dipped galvanized nails. Using some good quality paintable caulk caulk the top and bottom edges of the new piece of siding. Pull nails from split clapboard. Use galvanized nails to attach the new siding to studs.

In a pinch you can wrap duct tape around the bottom of a hacksaw blade to protect your hand and use it to cut through the nails. Pull loose nails from clapboard siding. Make the first cut with a circular saw. Cut and prime replacement siding.

All wood clapboard siding is coated in paint often multiple layers that have been applied over decades. Before installing the. Nails pierce both of top and bottom adjacent boards plus the damaged board itself. Paint and prime the siding after the first course of siding is up image 1 you can start adding the rest slipping them under the courses above and nailing in place image 2.

Your damaged wood clapboard siding board will be firmly rooted in place. Grab butt edge of damaged clapboard and lift up sharply snapping it. Specifically he shows every step in how to remove old. To break loose the lower half of the damaged piece start at one end and gently tap a small pry bar underneath the butt edge next to a nail.

Photo by webb chappell. To make the replacement clapboard measure the location of the old one not the board you just removed. Stagger butt joints if you re replacing multiple courses. How to repair wood siding.

How to replace damaged clapboards step 1. Compounding that caulking may have been injected into seams at any of the four edges. Cut the new siding to length prime all four sides and allow the primer to dry before installing. Decide which boards need replacing and where to make your cuts.