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Woodpeckers made some awful 1/2-in.-dia. holes in my red-cedar sidewall shingles. After replacing more shingles than I care to admit, I came up with an easy, effective solution. I simply…

Production-minded installers using pneumatic tools aren’t always cautious about where they drive the nails or staples that fasten cedar shingles to a wall. I was asked to strip and reshingle…

Because fiber cement is heavy and dense, it is difficult for one person to hold it to a line, match up to an end, and start the first fastener. My…

Q: Until recently, I thought everybody installed clapboards using stainless-steel ring-shank nails because of their holding power. Recently, I’ve heard people argue that smooth-shank nails are a better choice because they…

Interest in green building has fostered intensive research and plenty of controversy about the sustainability of various building materials. Polyvinylchloride, or PVC, is a case in point. Used to make…

This cost-effective, adjustable tool helps you hang siding solo with precision and ease.

For years, our crew installed vented frieze blocks that featured time-consuming drilled holes and stapled screening to keep out bugs. The theory was good, but in practice, squirrels and birds…

Last fall, we had a job putting new siding on a house. When we set up our pump jacks on the south side of the house, right below the eaves,…

I recently built a new workshop and I sheathed it with 1x6 boards joined with galvanized splines. I like this method because it gets the most out of the width…

An exterior remodel and some thoughtful landscaping give a 1960s dinosaur new life.