Broken hardiplank

nospam4groups 19 years ago

During an aggressive lawnmowing afternoon, I accidentally struck the corner edge of my hardiplank siding with my push mower. A roughly 4" x

4" x 2" triangular piece of hardiboard snapped right off.

Other than removing the entire board and replacing it, does anyone have any suggestions on how to best repair it?

Best regards, EHomeRepairer

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bamboo 19 years ago

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nospam4groups 19 years ago

"Glue it back on".

The bottom-most hardiplank board hangs low. Beh> Glue it back > > During an aggressive lawnmowing afternoon, I accidentally struck the

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Tomes 19 years ago

I think the idea would be to try to glue it back on to whatever it broke off from, mating the broken edge to the edge that it came from. Tomes

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Tom The Great 19 years ago

Guessing from the description:

Scrap wood.

Glue broken piece to scrap wood leaving enough scrap wood exposed to glue to the remaining big section. It should look like a 'handle'
Glue remaining scrape wood, the 'handle' to the remaining hardiplank.

Does this help?

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Muff 19 years ago

Plant a bush or thick plant so that it hides the missing part. Muff

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DK 19 years ago

That's why you keep a bucket of scrap wood in your garage. You will make a backing out of a scrap piece of 1x4 and a couple of door shims and contact cement. Every home should have a package of door shims for just such occasions.

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nospam4groups 19 years ago

Thanks everyone for the helpful suggestions, I'm going to employ the scrap wood idea.

DK wrote:

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