Cutting Clapboard Siding

Grab butt edge of damaged clapboard and lift up sharply snapping it off.

Cutting clapboard siding.

Long time sawyer bob pierce operates the radial saw at ward clapboard mill in moretown vermont. Keep the boards pressed against the table and the fence and feed them slowly to avoid chipping and splits. Secure old siding by driving ring shank nails down at an angle through the old nail holes. 0 315 in x 48 in x 96 in.

Use flat bar to carefully pry up the siding course above. Sawing siding for the cottage using a bandsaw. 0 315 in x 48 563 in x 95 875 in. Run your siding stock across the table saw with one 3 4 inch edge down cutting a bevel along its length.

Step 4 install a 1 4 inch roundover bit into your router and set the depth to1 4 inch. Otherwise insert small wooden wedges or a screwdriver up under the siding to pry it out slightly then cut the nails with a hacksaw. Smartside 38 series primed engineered panel siding common. Just sharing some of the different methods i ve used for cutting hardieboard siding.

Problem is the saw s shoe wants to hang up on the protruding lower edges of the clapboards which in turn makes the blade dip into the sheathing underneath it. Cutting clapboards issue 67 when remodeling or building additions it is often necessary to cut existing clapboard siding along a vertical line. Tap flat bar under siding to loosen nails. Pull loose nails from clapboard siding.

Ward clapboard mill has been cutting radially sawn boards since 1864.