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Repairing Damaged Siding: A Quick Fix for Vinyl Siding
Builder Mike Guertin explains how to make and install a temporary patch for damaged vinyl siding.
Making Common Siding Repairs
Whether you’re replacing wood, fiber cement, or vinyl, choose the right tools and minimize the collateral damage.
Patching Holes in Siding
Fast-drying and easy-sanding fillers make this job go much more smoothly.
Factory-Finished Siding
Factory finishes for wood and fiber cement offer countless color choices and a paint job guaranteed for up to 25 years.
Ring-shank nails for clapboards
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…
Nailing Clapboard Siding: Top, Bottom, or Both?
One method could result in loose boards, one makes repairs easier, and one should be avoided because it can cause clapboards to split.
Birdhouse Vent Box
I often remodel or add on to older wood-clapboard houses. When I’m faced with unsightly holes in the walls, such as the dryer vent pictured here, I offer to conceal…
Blind-nailing clapboards
Q: I am about to side a house with 1/2-in. by 6-in. beveled prestained cedar-clapboard siding. I would like the fasteners not to be exposed, so I was thinking of just attaching…
Solo clapboard hanging
With simple site-made hangers, I can handle unwieldy lengths of clapboard all by myself. As shown in the drawing, my little siding aids are made of two clear cedar shingles,…
Installing Wood Clapboards
How a seasoned crew uses a story pole and an efficient work sequence to install this traditional siding.

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