Removing Vinyl Siding And Restoring Wood

First vinyl siding doesn t allow the house to breathe.

Removing vinyl siding and restoring wood.

For this job. Removing vinyl siding installed over wood siding to restore house to original condition. The first thing to do when restoring wood sidings is to ascertain the extent of damage. If your siding is not well finished nature will take its action and will eventually ruin the wood beyond repair.

The great unveiling a recipe for removing vinyl siding. Because vinyl siding is notoriously vulnerable to water penetration be sure to check for moisture damage which could lead to underlying wood rot and pest infestation. If you try to improve efficiency by scraping wood shingles horizontally across their grain you risk tearing the shingle faces and edges or even splitting the shingles especially if they re old and fragile. Step 1 removing old paint.

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. Sally zimmerman the senior manager of preservation services at historic new england recommends that the unsiding process ideally be completed over two building seasons. Here is the story written by a historic neighborhood organization making things happen. 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.

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. Removing the vinyl siding revealed wood shingles surprisingly intact but still due for repainting. My wife and i just purchased a 16 year old house late 2006. This will cause the nail heads to protrude slightly enough so that you can pull them out with the claw section of your hammer.

Remove the damaged section of siding. Therefore removing thold paint and starting from scratch may be the best way to preserve your siding. Force the pry bar into the gaps between the damaged board and adjacent good boards. Gently rock the pry bar back and forth.