Restoring Clapboard Siding

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

Restoring clapboard siding.

Use utility knife and speed square to score the cut line onto new clapboard. 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. Use section of old clapboard to mark the length of the replacement siding. 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.

Restoration classic double 4 x 12 6 forest vinyl siding. Vinyl siding is an alternative to clapboard and has grown in popularity since the 1950s. 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. 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.

We used cedar siding to replace the rotted clapboards. First to help avoid any future insect damage back prime the cedar with oil based primer image 1. Cut the clapboard using a 10 teeth per inch crosscut handsaw. Some pros to vinyl siding are its affordability as well as the fact that it doesn t have to be.

The reasoning behind this was that the upkeep of wood siding was too time consuming and newer materials were more resilient. Pry the remaining pieces of old clapboard out from behind the course above. Therefore the quantity shown may not be available when you get to the store. Available in five architecturally accurate profiles.

Clapboards and weatherboards were the most common sorts of siding. Restoration classic provides the premium features that makes it a great choice for both remodeling and new construction.