How To Fix Garage Siding

Siding on houses invariably will get damaged during the lifetime of the house.

How to fix garage siding.

You can use various types of wood shingles clapboard planks specialty tongue and. This process called back priming will seal all sides of the wood to prevent moisture from causing the wood to deteriorate prematurely. Once all the nails are removed from the adjoining board the damaged one should just pull out. Decide which boards need replacing and where to make your cuts.

When people have damaged wood siding they often ask what s the best way to repair it the first step is to prime the new wood you ll be using for the repair on the front back and end grain. Whether you have shingles clapboard fiber cement or vinyl siding this video. Remove the nails in the corner cap. Slip a flat bar behind the vinyl siding and lever out the nails.

Subscribe to this old house. Project step by step 3 15 minute vinyl siding repair with a zip tool. How to re side the garage step 1. Stagger butt joints if you re replacing multiple courses.

Starting at one end of the damaged piece push the end of the zip siding. Remove the nails on the lap board then use the claw of the hammer to split the board down the center image 1. Make the first cut with a circular saw. Ask this old house general contractor tom silva helps a homeowner repair sections of his vinyl siding that have holes.

Finish the cut with a sharp utility knife. Remove old siding and. How to repair wood siding. Hold any pieces above the.

Score down the damaged lap siding with a utility knife.