How To Fix Old Shingle Sidings

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How to fix old shingle sidings. How to repair wood siding. Once you are done nailing drive the shingle upward the last 3 8 inch to hide the nailheads. 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. While you can use household bleach to kill mold and algae it tends to make the cedar shingle s surface fuzzy because of the excessive pulping reaction when using it.

A common remodeling practice is to install new vinyl or aluminum siding over cement asbestos shingle siding as well as over many other older siding materials when the old siding has become damaged leaky or cosmetically ugly. Stagger butt joints if you re replacing multiple courses. 4 place the replacement shingle in position leaving its butt about 3 8 inch below the butt line of the adjacent shingles. Decide which boards need replacing and where to make your cuts.

2 use pitchfork to remove all damaged shingles from house. Brush the surface to remove dirt and debris with a long handled scrub brush or broom. Mark locations of shingle courses on pole. A typical procedure is to install furring strips on the existing wall avoiding breaking the existing siding.

Make the first cut with a circular saw. Finish the cut with a sharp utility knife. Inspect the condition of sheathing. When you have finished you should not be able to tell the new shingle from the rest.

Diy how to fix loose vinyl siding with a malco sideswiper siding tool. Press a piece of wood against the bottom of the shingle as you tap the nails home in order to prevent the shingle from being damaged and use this to push the shingle up towards the rest. 1 make a story pole from a straight 1x3. Nail it with two shingle nails spaced about 1 inch in from the sides and just beneath the butts of the shingles above.