Replacing Broken Siding

Gap between siding and shingles.

Replacing broken 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. The process is fairly simple. Then install the recently bought piece at the less visible location. If the repair is on a highly visible portion of the house you may want to remove a piece from a less visible part of the house perhaps in the back or behind a bush and use that as the patch.

Replacing shingles or clapboards as they become damaged will keep your siding from deteriorating quickly and better protect your home from the elements. If the piece of siding that you re replacing doesn t extend all the way from one corner of the wall to the other cut the replacement piece 2 inches longer than the bare area on the wall. 2006 publications international ltd. Work by an inexperienced contractor can ruin a cement asbestos shingle wall siding and lead to complete replacement that could have been avoidable.

If your siding is in need of repair this section will show you how to remove damaged shingles and attach new ones. Thinner than most hardboard but it works in many cases has a comparable cost is highly rot resistant and carries a 50 year warranty. Install the new siding so there s a 1 in. Complete instructions for removing and replacing an old rotting windowsill.

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. It is very difficult to remove individual broken asbestos cement wall shingles but working carefully it can be done. Fiber cement siding is a composite of portland cement. Even if you find an exact replacement the siding on your walls may have faded meaning that the new pieces will be noticeably darker.

You ll use basic tools to wiggle the rotted shingle out reassemble the pieces and use the old shingle as a guide for the new one. First let s discuss replacing individual broken sections of fiber cement siding. How to replace a broken window pane. Consider replacing rotted areas with fiber cement siding.