Diy Clapboard Siding Repair

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Diy clapboard siding repair.

Pro advice on painting the outside of your house. Pull nails from split clapboard. Caulk the end joint and prime the front of each clapboard image 3. Start at the bottom of the piece that is being replaced and insert a wooden shim between the pieces of siding as the zip tool slides along the siding.

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. Showing you a cheap easy way how to replace or repair a hole in your siding. Diy blog cabin 2010. In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to repair clapboards.

Your clapboard siding repair is almost complete. Protect sound siding with a scrap piece of 1 4 in. Repeat the procedure for the top of the damaged siding. To learn how to repair wood siding remove rotted boards with a flat pry bar.

A single rotted clapboard can usually be replaced by the homeowner or the commercial maintenance crew by using the old rotted clapboard as a measurement board for the new siding plank. Allow the primer to dry and you re ready for the final coat of paint. Your damaged wood clapboard siding board will be firmly rooted in place. How to repair clapboard siding 8 steps.

In this video i am using lp smartside lap siding to side my house. Secure old siding by driving ring shank nails down at an angle through the old nail holes. Tap flat bar under siding to loosen nails. Pull loose nails from clapboard siding.

Nails pierce both of top and bottom adjacent boards plus the damaged board itself. All wood clapboard siding is coated in paint often multiple layers that have been applied over decades. 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. Compounding that caulking may have been injected into seams at any of the four edges.

However the amount of present rot can be deceptive. I am using special siding clamps that lets me do everything solo.