How To Replace A Broken Piece Of Siding

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

How to replace a broken piece of siding.

Push the new piece into the nailing strip of the course below. Blind nail the fiber cement siding in place starting with the bottom piece. To remove the old siding simply score or cut away any old caulk or paint that might be in the joints. I used a ryobi jobplus to score ours.

Trim a replacement piece of siding to the same length as the damaged piece. Work your hand into a seam between pieces then release the siding from the nailing strip. Install the replacement piece over the existing siding and attach with roofing nails. Remove any nails from the top piece of good siding.

The downside of replacing older vinyl siding is that it can be hard to match the style and color and siding rarely has any identifying marks. Face nail the top piece of fiber cement siding through the old. Use the snips to cut away about two inches of the top nailing strip and the bottom j profile from both ends of the replacement piece. Pull the nails holding the damaged siding and remove the damaged piece.

Fill in the nail holes. Use a pry bar to remove the damaged siding. 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. Cut the fiber cement siding to length wear approved dust protection.

Be sure to nail into the existing holes on the adjacent siding. To remove and replace damaged siding. The best way to get a replacement piece is to take the broken piece to vinyl siding distributors in your area and find the closest match. Cut out the damaged piece of siding leaving a space 2 inches shorter than the replacement piece.