Restoring Clapboard Siding

Vinyl siding is an alternative to clapboard and has grown in popularity since the 1950s.

Restoring clapboard siding.

Remove the old siding. Clapboard was originally hand split from logs of different type of woods producing one edge thicker than the other where the board above overlaps the board below. Our first love is restoring log homes and wood siding but we are a full service wood care company also offering new construction and maintenance staining services. Double 4 clapboard select cedar double 4 1 2 dutchlap select cedar double 5 clapboard select cedar double 4 1 2 clapboard smooth triple 3 clapboard smooth.

Score the calk on the edges as the ends split easily. Available in five architecturally accurate profiles. Here are the step by step procedures as discussed in our painting and stripping old wood siding overview page. Carefully use a pry bar to remove the siding.

Late to the party but in case anyone else comes across this article and discussion that has the same question yes you can remove the inappropriate siding yourself. Clapboards today are also known as lap siding wood plank beveled wood siding and weatherboard. Use section of old clapboard to mark the length of the replacement siding. Repairing wood siding is integral to owning a home with wood siding.

Our business is based on taking our standard of workmanship seriously and providing professional customer service. Cut the clapboard using a 10 teeth per inch crosscut handsaw. Before the siding can go up 1x4 starter strips of treated lumber should be nailed to the sill where the lower most course of siding will go up image 2. We used cedar siding to replace the rotted clapboards.

Though wood siding is very strong a sufficient physical impact can split and crack it. The reasoning behind this was that the upkeep of wood siding was too time consuming and newer materials were more resilient. As long as the exterior paint is stable wood clapboard siding can last for decades. Painting and repairing old wood siding step by step.

Some pros to vinyl siding are its affordability as well as the fact that it doesn t have to be. My husband and i have been removing the tin can siding from our house and restoring the original wood clapboard siding underneath. First to help avoid any future insect damage back prime the cedar with oil based primer image 1. While it is true that wood shingles or clapboards require fresh paint every few years a growing number of homeowners are now stripping away the skins of siding to restore the original wooden clapboards beneath.

Clapboards and weatherboards were the most common sorts of siding. But even a hairline crack in the paint can introduce water and water leads to rot and mold. Restoration classic provides the premium features that makes it a great choice for both remodeling and new construction.