How To Replace Cedar Siding Shingles
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How to replace cedar siding shingles. How to replace cedar shakes or shingles easily. How to replace cedar shakes or shingles easily. If you plan to replace the external cedar siding with similar siding you also need a measuring tape handsaw level circular saw and the new siding. Drive the heads flush with the wood but don t allow them to penetrate.
Get up close to the shingles and look at the siding. This helps to prevent trapped moisture. Attach the shingles with 1 inch roofing nails. When parts of a cedar shingle siding come away during a heavy rain storm you may find that some of the shingles remain in parts on the exterior.
Step 1 remove the old shingles. Leave about inch of space in between each shingle piece. Next nail down the piece of shingle with 3 nails. Use two nails per shingle.
If any part seems damaged then use the crow bar to pry off the pieces which have been damaged.