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Atlanta Bungalow, Project 1: Clapboard Siding Repair A siding restoration project gets a little more complicated when termites enter the picture. From "Restoration Realities" episode DRTR-207

Restoration Realities visits Atlanta, Georgia to help Pat Berryhill and Rick Schroeder do some restoration work on their home in the city's Grant Park neighborhood.

In this first of two restoration projects, homeowner Rick Schroeder teams up with host Bill Click to repair some water-damaged siding on the house exterior.

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	The water damaged siding, before...
	. . . and after.

Project 1: Clapboard Siding Repair

Materials:

treated lumber
beveled cedar or poplar siding.
galvanized siding nails (1 lb.)
epoxy
oil based primer
finish paint
paint brushes
paint trays1
1x4" lumber (for starter strips)
latex caulk (1 to 2 tubes)
safety glasses

Tools:

nail set
finish hammer
cat's paw
utility knife
speed square
marking pencil
circular saw
reciprocating saw
reciprocating saw blades (for metal and wood)
caulk gun
chisel
sawhorses
sledgehammer
drill
10" compound miter saw
flat bar
extension cords
measuring tape

Summary:

The clapboard siding repair is necessary because of water damage to house's wood siding and subsequent wood rot that has begun to take place (figures A and B). Fortunately, only the layers--or courses--of siding closest to the foundation are affected.

To replace it, we need to remove the rotted sections, cut new cedar siding to replace it, nail it back in then prime and paint it. This is type of siding called lap siding because it does exactly that--each course laps over the course below. To make sure we don't damage any of the good siding, we opted to use a nail set to drive the nails completely through and just let the rotted boards below slide out.

Figure A

Figure B

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