Cutting Clapboard Siding

Otherwise insert small wooden wedges or a screwdriver up under the siding to pry it out slightly then cut the nails with a hacksaw.

Cutting clapboard siding. Keep the boards pressed against the table and the fence and feed them slowly to avoid chipping and splits. Unlike flat grain siding cut from stock lumber ward s clapboards are produced using a unique radial sawing process similar to traditional rift sawing. 0 315 in x 48 in x 96 in. Smartside 38 series primed engineered panel siding common.

0 315 in x 48 563 in x 95 875 in. Pull loose nails from clapboard siding. Secure old siding by driving ring shank nails down at an angle through the old nail holes. Pull nails from split clapboard.

Step 4 install a 1 4 inch roundover bit into your router and set the depth to1 4 inch. Re siding traditionally most beveled clapboards were layered. Grab butt edge of damaged clapboard and lift up sharply snapping it off. Run your siding stock across the table saw with one 3 4 inch edge down cutting a bevel along its length.

Ward clapboard mill has been cutting radially sawn boards since 1864. Long time sawyer bob pierce operates the radial saw at ward clapboard mill in moretown vermont. Sawing siding for the cottage using a bandsaw. Just sharing some of the different methods i ve used for cutting hardieboard siding.

Cutting clapboards issue 67 when remodeling or building additions it is often necessary to cut existing clapboard siding along a vertical line.