You know, if you're getting some wood siding put up on your house soon or maybe a remodel
job like this one, well I've got some great tips to share with you that will make sure
that the paint job on the siding and the siding itself will last for many, many years
One of the things I like to do before we start, and we've talked about this in a previous segment, is make sure that you go ahead and pre-prime and pre-paint the wood siding before
it goes up. Once the carpenter also cuts an end of the siding to get ready to put it into place
make sure you prime that unpainted end. That's where the water gets in and sucks into the paint and sucks into the wood and it'll
cause the paint to fail prematurely at the edges. Now another thing you want to do, here's a neat trick, to make sure your spacing is equal
as it goes up, cut yourself a neat little gauge block at a pre-set distance for your exposure
If it's going to be four and a quarter inch exposure, then make a little block that spaces the wood siding that distance as you work your way up the wall
Now finally, when you put two pieces of siding together, you want to make sure that you put
a piece of metal flashing behind it, so that if those pieces of wood separate and water
gets between them, it won't get behind the piece of siding below
You know, putting up wood siding, it's really not that tough. Remember, follow those quick tips and your wood siding will last for a long, long time
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