When we bought our first house last year we discovered during the rainy season that we had soft spots along the bottom 5 inches of our siding.
Repairing rot in siding.
You simply have to remove the damage section and fill in that particular area.
The process of replacing rotten wood siding isn t difficult.
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The dangers of replacing rotten wood siding on your own.
Easy instructions on replacing your rotten siding.
After you remove the rotted courses use a small hacksaw to cut any protruding nail shanks or if you have a very strong grip use a good pair of wire cutters.
Protect sound siding with a scrap piece of 1 4 in.
To learn how to repair wood siding remove rotted boards with a flat pry bar.
Pry off the rotted boards.
The steps involve cutting away the rotten siding clearing out the old nails cutting the new siding to the appropriate length and fastening the siding as well as caulking it to make the siding watertight.
If you find a small portion of rotting wood you can prevent it from affecting the entire wood siding.
September 3 2015 september 11 2017 by brian.
If the wood is discolored but the screwdriver test did not detect.