How To Replace Rotted Clapboard Siding

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

How to replace rotted clapboard siding.

To remove pry them from the house with thin pry bars and a hammer starting with the easiest. Damaged siding lets air water dirt and insects through to the inside. Specifically he shows every step in how to remove old. 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.

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. Pull loose nails from clapboard siding. Tap flat bar under siding to loosen nails. Then cut out the damaged section with a backsaw.

Add new siding we used cedar siding to replace the rotted clapboards. Start by identifying the damaged clapboards. Drive wedges under the siding with a hammer to pull it outward and remove any nails from the lower end of the siding once it s propped outward. A single rotted clapboard can usually be replaced by the homeowner or the commercial maintenance crew by using the old rotted clapboard as a measurement board for the new siding plank.

Grab butt edge of damaged clapboard and lift up sharply snapping it. When clapboards or shakes are rotten or broken your home s siding can no longer do the job it s meant to do. To get at the nails carefully wedge out the bottom of the siding 1 8 to 3 16 in. Wedges are available at most hardware stores.

Secure old siding by driving ring shank nails down at an angle through the old nail holes. Use galvanized nails to attach the new siding to studs. Replacing wood siding will be based on the amount of damage that may be present. Using some good quality paintable caulk caulk the top and bottom edges of the new piece of siding.

Start by pulling the damaged siding from the house. Use a small hacksaw with a sharp blade. Pull nails from split clapboard. To make the replacement clapboard measure the location of the old one not the board you just removed.

Cutting the nails will let you remove rotted boards without damaging those your e saving. How to replace damaged clapboards. Holes caused by pests and woodpeckers should be addressed immediately as a person only has to fill in the holes with wood putty.