Restoring Clapboard Siding

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Restoring clapboard siding.

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 today are also known as lap siding wood plank beveled wood siding and weatherboard. Vinyl siding is an alternative to clapboard and has grown in popularity since the 1950s. Cut the clapboard using a 10 teeth per inch crosscut handsaw.

Use utility knife and speed square to score the cut line onto new clapboard. First to help avoid any future insect damage back prime the cedar with oil based primer image 1. Some pros to vinyl siding are its affordability as well as the fact that it doesn t have to be. 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.

Clapboards and weatherboards were the most common sorts of siding. Inventory is sold and received continuously throughout the day. Restoration classic provides the premium features that makes it a great choice for both remodeling and new construction. 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.

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. Pry the remaining pieces of old clapboard out from behind the course above. The reasoning behind this was that the upkeep of wood siding was too time consuming and newer materials were more resilient. We used cedar siding to replace the rotted clapboards.

Prices promotions styles and availability may vary by store and online. Use section of old clapboard to mark the length of the replacement siding.