A long piece of siding will sag in the middle so use temporary blocks to hold it in place while you attach it.
Replacing wooden siding with concrete board.
Nail straight down on the replacement board in order to hit studs.
According to the best practices manual from james hardie existing siding can be used as a substrate as long as it is in good condition meaning that it is not warped.
Remove any nails from the top piece of good siding.
Use a pry bar to remove the damaged siding.
Using existing siding for replacing siding the best place to start is to closely examine the existing siding to get a good understanding of what condition it is actually in.
You can notice the gutter pipe going down at that point roof ends allowing water to fall on this area of concrete 3.
To remove and replace damaged siding.
The process of replacing rotten wood siding isn t difficult.
Easy instructions on replacing your rotten siding.
Cut the fiber cement siding to length wear approved dust protection.
The band board has rot luckily there is no rot in the inside of crawl space adjacent.
Blind nail the fiber cement siding in place starting with the bottom piece.
Watch this graphic depiction of the removal and replacement of hardboard siding.
Face nail the top piece of fiber cement siding through the old siding.
There is concrete touching the siding band board.
Be sure to nail into the existing holes on the adjacent siding.
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.
Then use a chalk line to create a reference mark for the first or bottom piece of siding and start securing the siding pieces from the bottom to the top.
When you replace the boards use a homemade reveal set jig to match the reveal of the existing siding.
Install the new boards.
Take the replacement board fit it in place image 2 and nail it in with a hammer using galvanized nails.
It starts with an effort to nail the board in place.
Trim your replacement pieces down to size using the old siding for reference.
Fill in the nail holes.
Am i right there is gap and water entering when heavy rain 2.
Buckled fiber cement boards boards.