Change Diagonal Siding

Inappropriate siding treatments that horrible diagonal planking of the 1970s comes to mind can be replaced with something more appropriate for your home.

Change diagonal siding.

How best should i attach trim over diagonal siding. The modern improvements were never better than the original. Or you can go for the truly dramatic by adding porches or dormers to totally change the character of your house. Typically that would be at least every 6 in.

The same would be true for this home. Usually available smooth rough or saw textured. Along studs on the face with 8d galvanized nails. The diagonal siding is integral to the integrity of the design.

Opening the wall may allow for you to change the windows. Photo also attached i m re finishing the diagonal cedar tongue and groove siding on our house. Channel lap channel rustic siding has 1 2 overlap and a 1 to 1 1 4 reveal that creates a channel effect between boards. Start by removing the corner trim pieces that cover the siding ends.

Then cut the first soffit sections to fit this angle and install subsequent. To accommodate this change nail two j channels diagonally between the corner of the house and the corner of the roof. The connection between the diagonal siding and the horizontal will probably leak or what. Dsc02830 jpg 4608 3456 2 51 mb dsc02831 jpg 4608 3456 3 29 mb.

See background below for information on the siding existing trim and house construction. Plywood siding such as t1 11 which has decorative vertical grooves helps prevent racking when nailed profusely. Channel siding allows maximum dimensional wood change breathing in climates of highly variable moisture levels between seasons without adversely affecting the appearance. I ve noticed some rotting of both the cedar siding and the pine trim behind the watertable boards.

If you don t have the budget for major changes now painting it all out a lighter off white would look more current. Starting in the 1930s people would buy beautiful victorian homes and modernize them by stripping off the hand worked trim medallions etc. Along edges and 12 in. Place the flat end of the pry bar or the nail remover underneath the trim board adjacent to a nail and push down on the end of.