Restoring Shingles Siding
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Restoring shingles siding. Use the wood cleaner according to instructions on the product s packaging. Pour the wood stripping product into a low pressure sprayer. How to restore and maintain cedar shingle siding step 1. If your siding s fresh color lays buried under a gray weathered surface and mold buy a bleach based cleaning solution or mix 3 4 cup of bleach with 1 gallon of water to restore or salvage the.
Using a garden hose with a moderate spray rinse off the bleaching solution thoroughly. 1 make a story pole from a straight 1x3. Tapered and cut to be thinner at the top and thicker at the bottom vertical grain cedar shingles are traditionally installed in overlapping rows one by one. Using individual shingles still makes sense for smaller projects or when doing smaller repairs.
Care for cedar shingles step 1 clean shingles step 2 refinish shingles step 3 repeat. Cover an area you can comfortably work about a 4 by 8 foot. To use liquid chlorine purex chlorox etc. The roof is transformed from its initial dirty gray color to a buff or buckskin tan color.
Take care not to crack or chip the shingles when you push them back into place. Apply caulking material on the small holes and cracks on the asphalt shingles then let it dry completely. Rinse and let dry. Mark locations of shingle courses on pole.
In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to repair shingle siding. If there are curled shingles on your roof use cement to put the shingles back in their original position. Survey the entire area of your house especially the lower levels where the shingles will more likely. Cover landscaping material around the house with plastic sheeting or wet the area down with a hose.
This is a cleaning solution specially designed for removing any stubborn stains or greasy marks on the wood. While it is true that wood shingles or clapboards require fresh paint every few years a growing number of homeowners are now stripping away the skins of siding to restore the original wooden clapboards beneath. 2 use pitchfork to remove all damaged shingles from house. Mix one gallon of liquid bleach 5 percent sodium hypochlorite with one gallon of water to remove mold mildew and the gray color.
Shingles shingles are among the easiest forms of siding to replace when damaged.