How To Replace Damaged Cedar Shake Siding

Siding removal set the stepladder close to the house.

How to replace damaged cedar shake siding.

Damaged panel cut a large rectangle out of the damaged panel. Step 4 cut flashing. Check the condition of the sheathing in place. Push up on the panel to unlock it and then pull down to remove the damaged panel.

Preparing the new panel cut off all top locking tabs. Step 3 remove the damaged cedar. Force open the damaged cedar shake by inserting a blade beneath the bottom edge of the shingle. Lets make this easy if we were to put siding on two identical houses side by side one with james hardie.

Step 4 sample the old cedar. Start at the top of the wall and work down. Cut or chisel through the sides of the panel and remove the lower half. Pry the nails out of the nail hem of the damaged panel.

Carefully put up the fascia board and fix fiber cement shake panels in place. Once all the nails are removed from the adjoining board the damaged one should just pull out. Normally a cedar shake will have 2 nails fastening it. Take the replacement board fit it in place image 2 and nail it in with a hammer using galvanized nails.

Normally one can shift the shingle back and forth using a blade or a wide metallic instrument while pulling it away from the boxing. Be sure to nail into the existing holes on the adjacent siding. If it is necessary replace damaged or spoiled sheathing. Slide the hacksaw blade saw underneath the siding and use it to saw the exposed nail shafts.

Remove the freed piece of damaged cedar siding. 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. 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.

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.