How To Replace Damaged Cedar Shake Siding

Take the replacement board fit it in place image 2 and nail it in with a hammer using galvanized nails.

How to replace damaged cedar shake siding.

Damaged panel cut a large rectangle out of the damaged panel. Slide the hacksaw blade saw underneath the siding and use it to saw the exposed nail shafts. Use a pencil or chalk board to make a reference point for the transition board. Flip the panel over and cut 1 8 off the side locking tabs.

Start at the top of the wall and work down. Step 4 sample the old cedar. Cut or chisel through the sides of the panel and remove the lower half. A slater s ripper is a specialized tool you can slide under the siding and use to hook and pull the nails out.

Pry the nails out of the nail hem of the damaged panel. Push up on the panel to unlock it and then pull down to remove the damaged panel. Step 4 cut flashing. Carefully put up the fascia board and fix fiber cement shake panels in place.

A hacksaw blade saw is a narrow toothed saw blade mounted to a handle. Force open the damaged cedar shake by inserting a blade beneath the bottom edge of the shingle. Normally a cedar shake will have 2 nails fastening it. Be sure to nail into the existing holes on the adjacent siding.

Preparing the new panel cut off all top locking tabs. Normally one can shift the shingle back and forth using a blade or a wide metallic instrument while pulling it away from the boxing. Nail straight down on the replacement board in order to hit studs. If it is necessary replace damaged or spoiled sheathing.

Check the condition of the sheathing in place. Make sure that both materials are fastened in position. If there was ever a perfect time to replace your old cedar siding with james hardie siding or even vinyl siding it is when you are looking to spend thousands of dollars to repair a product that is going to continue costing money. Remove the freed piece of damaged cedar siding.

Lets make this easy if we were to put siding on two identical houses side by side one with james hardie. Once all the nails are removed from the adjoining board the damaged one should just pull out.