How To Replace Rotted Lap Siding

Decide which boards need replacing and where to make your cuts.

How to replace rotted lap siding.

Overlap the boards so each row of new siding has the same reveal as the old siding. Drill pilot holes and drive nails to attach the new pieces. How to repair wood siding. For some reason my house didn t have a moisture barrier under all its t1 11 siding only the lap siding on the front.

Finish the cut with a sharp utility knife. Make the first cut with a circular saw. Use a pry bar to remove the damaged siding. Face nail the top piece of fiber cement siding through the old siding.

Anyways i used an asphalt roofing paper. Remove the shims and tap the upper board back into place. The steps involve cutting away the rotten siding clearing out the old nails cutting the new siding to the appropriate length and fastening the siding as well as caulking it to make the siding watertight. To install the replacement siding start at the bottom and work your way up.

Blind nail the fiber cement siding in place starting with the bottom piece. Stagger butt joints if you re replacing multiple courses. Tap the new pieces in place using a block of wood so you don t dent the siding. To remove and replace damaged siding.

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. Specifically he shows every step in how to remove old. Remove any nails from the top piece of good siding. Remove the deteriorated hardboard siding using a pry bar and chisel being careful not to damage the good siding above it.

Next i needed to install a new moisture vapor wrap over the exposed boards. If needed replace the sheathing behind the siding using 1 2 plywood covered with builder s. This is not ideal. How to remove and replace siding.