Removing Barn Siding

Original siding contributes greatly to the historic character and appearance of agricultural buildings and is often a good indicator of their age say johnson and visser.

Removing barn siding.

Repair the siding last as it is the least critical component protecting the building and for safety. The sheet metal is going to go to closing in a wall on the barn. Your standard household whitener it appears to make mildew vanish but on porous surfaces such as wood or vinyl siding chlorine evaporates too quickly to get to the fungi s roots guaranteeing regrowth. A good nail puller works with a block to keep it from damaging the siding where it levers against it.

Removal options vary somewhat based on installation technique and whether you are removing one or a few pieces of siding for replacement or demoing the siding from the structure altogether. Sometimes you can use a circular saw make two cuts the length of the board parallel to the edges and in the center of the board. Removing barn siding in reply to vaganratt 05 07 2008 09 08 38. A sawzall with a 12 inch or so thin blade will work the blade will bend enough to be right along the siding behind the stud cut the nails it will mark the back of the wood up but better that than splitting the wood.

If necessary carefully lift siding pieces with pry tool to expose nail heads. Remove that cut out strip to get access to both tongue and groove edges of that board. The barn is three walled and needs to have the fourth wall closed in to get better insurance rates from the farm bureau. If siding should begin to crack or crumble immediately wet the cracked or broken areas with the pint size spray bottle or garden pump sprayer.

On a floor start at a wall or porch end. When mildew gains a foothold homeowners often turn to diluted chlorine bleach sodium hypochlorite a k a. Those gaskets don t provide any holding power. They re just a water seal and make pulling easier because the nail isn t in as far as it could be.

We plan to replace the crooked hedge posts with regular square posts and use the siding there. Breakage releases asbestos fibers. On a wall start at the bottom for horizontal siding.