How To Repair Siding Where It Meets The Deck
If the fasteners won t come out chop the board into pieces with a chisel or saw pry up the slivers and replace the board.
How to repair siding where it meets the deck. James hardie siding deck flashing. Slip in the flashing. This is usually what i see when performing home inspections. Use a caulking gun to apply a continuous bead of silicone sealant along the vertical seams between the vinyl j channels and the exterior window casings.
Priming and painting the siding before it is installed is always good especially that bottom edge. Nail undersill trim j channel will also work over the bottom cut using 11 gauge aluminum nails. If it looks like the entire deck has just been mounted on top of the siding it s wrong. The siding should not go behind the deck board.
Nail it to the sidewall or glue it if nailing isn t possible. It s a tight fit to drive the nails into the undersill but you can gently pull back the siding then tuck it into the undersill after you nail it. Lift the bottom shingle and slip in the kickout flashing. 1removing nails and screws.
This prevents a lot of wicking up the back side of the siding. Inspect the area above the leak including both indoors and out. Step flashing where a roof meets a wall duration. Remove nails or screws from the damaged decking board using a pry bar screwdriver or drill.
Look at the point where your deck meets your house. Cover with cap flashing. Check to be sure weep holes are open along bottom of window openings. If the kick out and step flashing can t tuck behind the siding screw on cap flashing to cover it then caulk along the top.
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