Replacing Wooden Siding With Concrete Board

Like warped wood siding fiber cement siding can buckle if it s installed without proper gaps between the boards.

Replacing wooden siding with concrete board.

Install the new boards. Blind nail the fiber cement siding in place starting with the bottom piece. 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. There is concrete touching the siding band board.

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. It starts with an effort to nail the board in place. Be sure to nail into the existing holes on the adjacent siding. The band board has rot luckily there is no rot in the inside of crawl space adjacent.

Watch this graphic depiction of the removal and replacement of hardboard siding. Take the replacement board fit it in place image 2 and nail it in with a hammer using galvanized nails. When you replace the boards use a homemade reveal set jig to match the reveal of the existing siding. Buckled fiber cement boards boards.

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. Easy instructions on replacing your rotten 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. Because fiber cement looks and cuts like wood the process of fixing buckled fiber cement boards is nearly identical to fixing warped wood boards.

Am i right there is gap and water entering when heavy rain 2. Trim your replacement pieces down to size using the old siding for reference. A long piece of siding will sag in the middle so use temporary blocks to hold it in place while you attach it. Nail straight down on the replacement board in order to hit studs.

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. Remove any nails from the top piece of good siding. The process of replacing rotten wood siding isn t difficult. To remove and replace damaged siding.

Fill in the nail holes. Cut the fiber cement siding to length wear approved dust protection.