How To Replace A Broken Piece Of Siding

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How to replace a broken piece of siding. Remove the nails in the corner cap. When clapboards or shakes are rotten or broken your home s siding can no longer do the job it s meant to do. Whether you have shingles clapboard fiber cement or vinyl siding this video. Blind nail the fiber cement siding in place starting with the bottom piece.

If there s a chance to use a power tool i might as well once it s cut you ll simply begin prying away the broken piece. Slip the hook of the zip tool into the joint between the damaged piece and the piece above it. To remove a damaged clapboard drive wedges t pull it away from the house and pry out the nails. To remove and replace damaged siding.

Slip a flat bar behind the vinyl siding and lever out the nails. Damaged siding lets air water dirt and insects through to the inside. Hold the loose undamaged piece of vinyl up and out of the way with one hand. Once all the nails are removed from the adjoining board the damaged one should just pull out.

Remove any nails from the top piece of good siding. Score down the damaged lap siding with a utility knife. Starting at one end of the damaged piece push the end of the zip siding. With the other use the claw end of a.

Cut the fiber cement siding to length wear approved dust protection. To remove the old siding simply score or cut away any old caulk or paint that might be in the joints. How to replace one piece of vinyl siding 1. Remove the nails on the lap board then use the claw of the hammer to split the board down the center image 1.

Use a pry bar to remove the damaged siding. I used a ryobi jobplus to score ours. Make another cut with the knife through the wood but not into the builder s felt underneath the. Project step by step 3 15 minute vinyl siding repair with a zip tool.

Siding on houses invariably will get damaged during the lifetime of the house. Face nail the top.