Replacing 1 Piece Of Siding

To remove and replace damaged siding.

Replacing 1 piece of siding.

After you remove the rotted courses use a small hacksaw to cut any protruding nail shanks or if you have a very strong grip use a good pair of wire cutters. Take the replacement board fit it in place image 2 and nail it in with a hammer using galvanized nails. To learn how to repair wood siding remove rotted boards with a flat pry bar. Protect sound siding with a scrap piece of 1 4 in.

15 minute vinyl siding repair with a zip tool. Just the nails that will prevent the new board from sliding back into place you can either completely remove the nails or clip them off. Most vinyl siding can easily be repaired by replacing a small section of siding. Remove any nails from the top piece of good siding.

Be sure to nail into the existing holes on the adjacent siding. Blind nail the fiber cement siding in place starting with the bottom piece. The vinyl siding zip tool will save you loads of time. A single section of vinyl siding that measures 12 to 12 1 2 long averages 40 per piece and takes a siding repairman only an hour to repair at a cost of 40 50 per hour.

Once all the nails are removed from the adjoining board the damaged one should just pull out. Carefully slide the flat pry bar behind the damaged siding in order to pry out the nails. Cut the fiber cement siding to length wear approved dust protection. Face nail the top piece of fiber cement siding through the old.

If the piece of siding that you re replacing doesn t extend all the way from one corner of the wall to the other cut the replacement piece 2 inches longer than the bare area on the wall. Nail straight down on the replacement board in order to hit studs. Starting at one end of the damaged piece push the end of the zip siding removal tool up under the siding until you feel it hook the bottom lip. Slide the zip tool along the bottom edge to release the vinyl siding from the piece below it.

Remove any nails that still might be underneath the bottom portion of the piece above the one you removed. Placing the new piece of hardie board is just as simple as the demo. However colored aluminum siding is often difficult to match so. Use a pry bar to remove the damaged siding.

Place the replacement piece of siding in the proper location pushing up until the lower lip locks with the piece below.