Replacing Sections Of Clapboard Siding

Above the bottom edge.

Replacing sections of clapboard siding.

Look for the nails in this section of clapboard and pull them out. Nail straight down on the replacement board in order to hit studs. Be sure to nail into the existing holes on the adjacent siding. Fill in the nail holes.

Wedge the board away from the house by driving wedges up under the damaged board to pull it out from the sheathing below. Use utility knife and speed square to score the cut line onto new clapboard. You should be aware that this method will create some seams in your siding although paint will mask those effectively. Take the replacement board fit it in place image 2 and nail it in with a hammer using galvanized nails.

Wedges are available at most hardware stores. When you replace the boards use a homemade reveal set jig to match the reveal of the existing siding. Pry the remaining pieces of old clapboard out from behind the course above. This following is a step by step guide for replacement of clapboard shingles and shake siding.

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. 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. First to help avoid any future insect damage back prime the cedar with oil based primer image 1. Cut the clapboard using a 10 teeth per inch crosscut handsaw.

Use section of old clapboard to mark the length of the replacement siding. Replace siding by working from the bottom up you might need a helper here. Here s how to repair damaged clapboards also known as bevel or lap siding. The best way to make this fix would have been to remove the entire piece of siding as all the clapboards in that area spanned the entire 12 wall.

Clapboard is a throwback to an earlier time when hemlock pine spruce or cedar boards were split lengthwise to produce siding. Repair methods for clapboard siding. Start by pulling the damaged siding from the house. We used cedar siding to replace the rotted clapboards.

Woohoo time to dig out a few tools and perform some emergency clapboard siding repair. The courses should overlap by at least 1 in. Attach the siding with 10d galvanized box nails driven into the overlap at least 1 2 in. Replacing sections instead of full pieces.

The slices were then nailed. Specifically he shows every step in how to remove old.