I recently completed the 34 sq. of siding on my new house. I used Hardie clapboard – 5″ reveal and hardie trim. All good and looks great.
Here’s the problem: When I was swinging the lift away from the house, I zigged when I should have zagged and dented/broke a piece of siding. This dent/break ocurred 10 feet or so down the wall; so I opted not to remove siding down to that point. The spot is about 3 inches high and 5 inches wide and is more of an indentation than an actual break. I’m concerned that water will continue to wear over this spot and create other problems. Is there a recommended procedure for filling or repairing such a spot?
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Just guessing.... how about auto body filler?
Scott.
seen concrete vynal patch used...
looked patched...
bite the bullet and do a real reapair...
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"I opted not to remove siding down to that point."
To repair this, you should be able to replace only that piece of siding that's dinged. You don't have to strip the whole wall down to that point. You should be able to slide a hacksaw blade under the siding and cut the nails on the bad piece. Course, you're gonna hafta face nail the new section, but if that's an issue, you can use trim screws and fill 'em so you hardly (no pun intended) know they're there.
Mike Hennessy
Pittsburgh, PA
Everything fits, until you put glue on it.
Great. Thanks. Never even crossed my mind... and my mind has had to cover a number of screwups along the way!
You can fix it with Bondo. Knife it off level, thencover with a piece of waxed paper, and tool the Bondo to match the pattern through the waxed paper.
You may need to rough up the surface a bit to match the Hardie reflectance, but the wood grain or whatever can be tooled in with a dowel if you're quick, or sanded in later if you aren't.
Thank you.
I had to do that on my own house. I did it like Mike H said.
I repaired some siding two years ago for an old customer. Her grandson thinks hardiboard is a backstop for baseballs. I used a sawzall to cut the nails. removed the entire piece and reinstalled a new board. I used stainless steel 8d siding nails.
mike