Removing Barn Siding

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.

Removing barn siding.

On a floor start at a wall or porch end. 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. Those gaskets don t provide any holding power.

We plan to replace the crooked hedge posts with regular square posts and use the siding there. 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. 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. 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.

A good nail puller works with a block to keep it from damaging the siding where it levers against it. Breakage releases asbestos fibers. The barn is three walled and needs to have the fourth wall closed in to get better insurance rates from the farm bureau. We have approximately 8x24 feet of siding and wall to take down.

Remove that cut out strip to get access to both tongue and groove edges of that board. 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. Remove pieces of siding by pulling nails or cutting nail heads so as to minimize breakage. They re just a water seal and make pulling easier because the nail isn t in as far as it could be.

On a wall start at the bottom for horizontal siding. When mildew gains a foothold homeowners often turn to diluted chlorine bleach sodium hypochlorite a k a. Step 1 slide the thin edge of a flat pry bar carefully under the lower edge of the first piece of hardieplank siding to be removed.