How To Repair Damaged Clapboard Siding

Pull nails from split clapboard.

How to repair damaged clapboard siding. Start by identifying the damaged clapboards. Your damaged wood clapboard siding board will be firmly rooted in place. Cut through the board on each side of the damaged area using a backsaw or a hacksaw. How to replace damaged clapboards step 1.

Secure old siding by driving ring shank nails down at an angle through the old nail holes. How to repair wood siding tools and materials. Mark the repair area. Paint and prime the siding after the first course of siding is up image 1 you can start adding the rest slipping them under the courses above and nailing in place image 2.

To remove pry them from the house with thin pry bars and a hammer. Before installing the. Wedge the board away from the house by driving wedges up under the damaged board to pull it out from the. Here s how to repair damaged clapboards also known as bevel or lap siding.

Cut perpendicular across the individual piece of clapboard on both sides of the damage. Pull loose nails from clapboard siding. In rare instances you may want to remove the entire length of the siding board. Use a hammer to tap wooden wedges under the damaged piece to lift it away from the nails.

Allow the primer to dry and you re ready for the final coat of paint. Tap flat bar under siding to loosen nails. Cut away the. 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.

Grab butt edge of damaged clapboard and lift up sharply snapping it. Caulk the end joint and prime the front of each clapboard image 3. To make the replacement clapboard measure the location of the old one not the board you just removed. If you don t.