Patching Cedar Siding

Make sure you do this on a day with sunny weather so that the paint dries quickly after you finish.

Patching cedar siding. These are the shingles that you will eliminate and replace with a new shingle. Also adjust lawn sprinklers so they don t hit the siding. Score the cut line with the utility knife guided by a square. Here s how to make sure you have a patch that s a perfect match before you begin.

Step 1 inspect the siding scrutinize the siding and look for shakes that have come slack from the nails or ones that have cracked and split down the focal point. Measure the butt edge thickness and the widths of the exposed faces of a few courses on the wall. Where siding meets a roof it will rot if the siding touches the shingles. First to help avoid any future insect damage back prime the cedar with oil based primer image 1.

Paint over the filler to match the undamaged siding. In some cases a cedar shake may bend outwards or inwards. When you replace these boards make sure you have good flashing along the joint. If the siding is unpainted stick with epoxy filler it s.

Scoring prevents the wood from chipping when you cut it. Line up the ends and using the old piece as a guide mark the new clapboard with a utility knife. Fill cracks in painted siding with either exterior acrylic latex caulk caulk or with epoxy wood filler which is a better choice. The clapboard you use for a patch should blend in seamlessly with your existing siding.

Once the paint starts to peel costs can quickly grow as sanding out walls is not cheap let alone replacing warped twisted and cracked siding panels. Add new siding we used cedar siding to replace the rotted clapboards. Prevent water from splashing on the siding by installing gutters or repairing leaky ones. Clear away any leftover sanding dust from the wall then paint over the filled area in the same shade as the surrounding cedar.

Repairing minor defects in cedar siding step 1 use a putty knife to apply exterior wood putty to smaller cracks or holes in siding. Choosing nails and siding. Place a full length piece of the damaged siding on the face of the replacement. Add an inch to the face width to account for the overlap of the piece above.

Basic maintenance repair and painting of cedar wood siding using gardner flex n fill and behr premium plus exterior paint.