Vinyl siding is a heavy duty and comparatively maintenance free material applied to the home s exterior.
Exterior wood shingle siding fell off.
Your siding is probably nailed with 6d galvanized siding hand nails.
5 repair any cuts or tears in the building paper beneath the siding by spreading roofing cement over them with a putty knife.
Putting a bigger 7d nail would split it.
I would use on a test area a 1 staple by 1 4 wide on one side just below the upper course.
If your roof sustained minimal damage it may be possible to replace the few shingles that fell off.
This solution may prove little more than a quick fix however especially if you determine that installation issues are to blame for your missing shingles.
Shingle siding house with massive paint failure.
When replacing a piece of tongue and groove siding cut the back side of the groove edge off.
Peeling paint was removed by cross scraping with carbide hand scrapers then stripped to bare wood with port.
The reasoning behind this was that the upkeep of wood siding was too time consuming and newer materials were more resilient.
6 cut a replacement piece to fit exactly.