Removing Vinyl Siding And Restoring Wood

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Removing vinyl siding and restoring wood.

Make no mistake restoring the historic siding of your home is an intense task and certainly isn t as easy as removing the vinyl siding and throwing on some fresh paint. Most of the time when i remove vinyl siding from a historic house i find wet spongy and rotted wood siding. The previous owner was the only owner and right after he bought the house in 1990 he had vinyl siding installed over the cedar wood siding with foam insulation in between. Remove the damaged section of siding.

Step 1 removing old paint. Removing the vinyl siding revealed wood shingles surprisingly intact but still due for repainting. First vinyl siding doesn t allow the house to breathe. The great unveiling a recipe for removing vinyl siding.

Here is the story written by a historic neighborhood organization making things happen. Removing vinyl siding installed over wood siding to restore house to original condition. Therefore removing thold paint and starting from scratch may be the best way to preserve your siding. For this job.

Gently rock the pry bar back and forth. The first thing to do when restoring wood sidings is to ascertain the extent of damage. Inevitably the vinyl siding got some moisture behind it sometimes from rain seeping in and sometimes just from water vapor trying to escape the house. Force the pry bar into the gaps between the damaged board and adjacent good boards.

Sally zimmerman the senior manager of preservation services at historic new england recommends that the unsiding process ideally be completed over two building seasons. If your siding is not well finished nature will take its action and will eventually ruin the wood beyond repair. Do a thorough repair before. My wife and i just purchased a 16 year old house late 2006.