How To Match Old Style Wood Siding

Beveled cedar siding can be installed over sheathing with a vapor retarder such as tyvek or asphalt saturated felt.

How to match old style wood siding.

For more information on vapor retarders see section 5. With the vertical cove cut milled the final step was to cut a rabbet on the bottom inside edge of each board. If you want everything to match replace everything. Line up the ends and using the old piece as a guide mark the new clapboard with a utility knife.

The clapboard you use for a patch should blend in seamlessly with your existing siding. Painting sounds like an option but in this case we re talking about painting old wood some of which is reaching the end of its lifecycle. Bringing a length of old siding with you to the lumber yard is the best way to match grains and styles. Choosing nails and siding.

She can put your sample side by side to stock siding to get you a matching piece. This can easily be done with a rabbet kit for a router. Conditioned spaces will require insulation sheathing and house wrap. Scoring prevents the wood from chipping when you cut it with a handsaw cut the new piece of siding on the waste side of the line.

Remove all damaged siding down to the bare studs. Take the sample piece of siding to your local home or siding store. Here s how to make sure you have a patch that s a perfect match before you begin. Score the cut line with the utility knife guided by a square.

Add an inch to the face width to account for the overlap of the piece above.