Restoring Clapboard Siding

Clapboards today are also known as lap siding wood plank beveled wood siding and weatherboard.

Restoring clapboard siding.

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. 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. 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. Use utility knife and speed square to score the cut line onto new clapboard.

Repairing wood siding is integral to owning a home with wood siding. Vinyl siding is an alternative to clapboard and has grown in popularity since the 1950s. Restoration classic provides the premium features that makes it a great choice for both remodeling and new construction. Remove the old siding.

Some pros to vinyl siding are its affordability as well as the fact that it doesn t have to be. Carefully use a pry bar to remove the siding. While it used to be known to crack and fade with time technology has advanced making vinyl siding more durable and effective and a good alternative to clapboard. Our business is based on taking our standard of workmanship seriously and providing professional customer service.

Use section of old clapboard to mark the length of the replacement siding. As long as the exterior paint is stable wood clapboard siding can last for decades. Score the calk on the edges as the ends split easily. 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.

First to help avoid any future insect damage back prime the cedar with oil based primer image 1. My husband and i have been removing the tin can siding from our house and restoring the original wood clapboard siding underneath. 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.

Available in five architecturally accurate profiles. Pry the remaining pieces of old clapboard out from behind the course above. 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. Though wood siding is very strong a sufficient physical impact can split and crack it.

Cut the clapboard using a 10 teeth per inch crosscut handsaw. We used cedar siding to replace the rotted clapboards. Here are the step by step procedures as discussed in our painting and stripping old wood siding overview page.