How To Replace A Section Of Wood Siding

Even if you find an exact replacement the siding on your walls may have faded meaning that the new pieces will be noticeably darker.

How to replace a section of wood siding.

Here s how to repair damaged clapboards also known as bevel or lap siding. The vinyl siding zip tool will save you loads of time. 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. The wedges which are 1 to 2 inches in.

Pry the remaining pieces of old clapboard out from behind the course above. If the repair is on a highly visible portion of the house you may want to remove a piece from a less visible part of the house perhaps in the back or behind a bush and use that as the patch. Use section of old clapboard to mark the length of the replacement siding. Drive flat bar into nails to bend them then tap siding to wall causing the nail heads to pop.

Protect sound siding with a scrap piece of 1 4 in. To learn how to repair wood siding remove rotted boards with a flat pry bar. Then install the recently bought piece at the less visible location. Replace the old board with a new one of the same size and shape.

Many people delay getting new wood siding when one or two boards are rotted out because it can be hard to match new materials to the wood species and the same look of the existing siding. Slide the zip tool along the bottom edge to release the vinyl siding from the piece below it. Look for the nails in this section of clapboard and pull them out. Wedge the board away from the house by driving wedges up under the damaged board to pull it out from the sheathing below.

If you have a hammer a cat s paw tool and a few wood wedges you can slide the siding out. Overlap the boards so each row of new siding has the same reveal as the old siding. Removing a damaged section of wood siding is relatively easy. You can use a tape measure to mark the reveal of each piece of replacement siding or make a spacer gauge from two blocks of wood screwed together.

To install the replacement siding start at the bottom and work your way up. 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.