How To Replace Rotted Lap Siding

In a pinch you can wrap duct tape around the bottom of a hacksaw blade to protect your hand and use it to cut through the nails.

How to replace rotted lap siding.

Rotten hardboard siding before replacement with fiber cement siding. Cut the fiber cement siding to length wear approved dust protection. Blind nail the fiber cement siding in place starting with the bottom piece. Remove any nails from the top piece of good siding.

In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to repair clapboards. Secure old siding by driving ring shank nails down at an angle through the old nail holes. How to repair old rotting wood trim or siding. One of the disadvantages of hardboard siding is that exposure to water can cause it to deteriorate over time.

Cut the new siding to length prime all four sides and allow the primer to dry before installing. Cut and prime replacement siding. Consider replacing rotted areas with fiber cement siding. Holes caused by pests and woodpeckers should be addressed immediately as a person only has to fill in the holes with wood putty.

Specifically he shows every step in how to remove old. Pull loose nails from clapboard siding. Tap flat bar under siding to loosen nails. Hardboard lap siding has been used on homes for years because it mimics the look of wood siding but is much less expensive.