Choose the right WRB product and install it well, because if you're not keeping water out, nothing else matters.

This manufactured siding material is more rot resistant and holds paint better than wood siding, but installing it requires a bit more effort.

A simple layout tool aligns siding with window and door trim, and helps you to finish where you started.

A carpenter's guide to accurately laying out, cutting, gapping, and fitting engineered-wood clapboards.

Builder John Constantini outlines rainscreen details that improve the durability of any lap-siding installation.

Pioneer Millworks offers a wide range of finishes in their line of Shou Sugi Ban–a Japanese method for charring wood siding to preserve it.

Learn about the costs, pros, and cons of the 3 most common siding materials: wood, fiber cement, and vinyl.

This traditional detail is fast to install and adds historic charm, even on a new house.

Boral TruExterior composite skirtboards blend right into the clapboards above and are impervious to water damage.

Modern materials breathe new life into a siding that can be both rustic and refined.

This type of modular masonry siding is easily fastened with screws or nails, and doesn't require any adhesives or mortar.

These construction details can improve the durability of exterior walls by allowing rain and moist air to escape from behind your home's siding.

Covering old siding may be the simplest way to deal with toxic paint–plus it could be an opportunity to add exterior insulation.

If you want to paint your siding a dark color, you have to select the material carefully or it may not perform as well as you expect.

An eye-catching cedar shingle design may look complicated, but it's easy once you know how.

The lowly drip cap needs to be taken more seriously to prevent leaks and rot.

Remodeler Nick Schiffer shares how he installs this unique cedar-shingle siding detail over a rainscreen.

Watch how to interlace shingles around a corner to create an simple, attractive edge with no corner boards.

Builder Mike Guertin explains how to make and install a temporary patch for damaged vinyl siding.

One method could result in loose boards, one makes repairs easier, and one should be avoided because it can cause clapboards to split.

Learn how to weave patterns into shingle siding using contrasting red and white cedar shingles.

A carpenter's tricks for accurately laying out, cutting and fitting the classic wood siding.

Woven corners are a good-looking and low-maintenance alternative to corner boards.