Replacing Lapboard Siding

Tap flat bar under siding to loosen nails.

Replacing lapboard siding.

Start by identifying the damaged clapboards. To remove pry them from the house with thin pry bars and a hammer starting with the easiest. 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. How to repair and replace siding step 1.

Secure old siding by driving ring shank nails down at an angle through the old nail holes. Score down the damaged lap siding with a utility knife. Remove the nails in the corner cap. 2006 publications international ltd.

Consider replacing rotted areas with fiber cement siding. Your clapboard siding repair is almost complete. If a damaged shake doesn t come out easily split it into several pieces with a hammer and chisel. Pull nails from split clapboard.

First to help avoid any future insect damage back prime the cedar with oil based primer image 1. Remove the pieces and pull out the nails. Remove the nails on. How to replace damaged clapboards.

Replacing shingles or clapboards as they become damaged will keep your siding from deteriorating quickly and better protect your home from the elements. To make the replacement clapboard measure the location of the old one not the board you just removed. Add new siding we used cedar siding to replace the rotted clapboards. Faux clapboard siding has holes along the top and a 90 degree bend at the bottom.

Grab butt edge of damaged clapboard and lift up sharply snapping it. Insert the tongue into the groove above and start working the siding behind the trim 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. Use a utility knife to trim the top edge off including all the holes so the thin remainder of the lip slides up. Pull loose nails from clapboard siding.

Specifically he shows every step in how to remove old.