How To Replace Damaged Cedar Shake Siding

Push up on the panel to unlock it and then pull down to remove the damaged panel.

How to replace damaged cedar shake siding.

Damaged panel cut a large rectangle out of the damaged panel. A hacksaw blade saw is a narrow toothed saw blade mounted to a handle. Step 4 cut flashing. Make sure that both materials are fastened in position.

A slater s ripper is a specialized tool you can slide under the siding and use to hook and pull the nails out. Carefully put up the fascia board and fix fiber cement shake panels in place. Cut or chisel through the sides of the panel and remove the lower half. Lets make this easy if we were to put siding on two identical houses side by side one with james hardie.

Step 3 remove the damaged cedar. Remove the freed piece of damaged cedar siding. Be sure to nail into the existing holes on the adjacent siding. Take the replacement board fit it in place image 2 and nail it in with a hammer using galvanized nails.

Check the condition of the sheathing in place. Slide the hacksaw blade saw underneath the siding and use it to saw the exposed nail shafts. Nail straight down on the replacement board in order to hit studs. If it is necessary replace damaged or spoiled sheathing.

Flip the panel over and cut 1 8 off the side locking tabs. Start at the top of the wall and work down. Siding removal set the stepladder close to the house. If you plan to remove only damaged pieces of siding and replace them with new siding you still.

Use a pencil or chalk board to make a reference point for the transition board. Preparing the new panel cut off all top locking tabs. Force open the damaged cedar shake by inserting a blade beneath the bottom edge of the shingle. 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.

Normally a cedar shake will have 2 nails fastening it. Pry the nails out of the nail hem of the damaged panel.