Comments on: Removing vinyl siding installed over wood siding to restore house to original condition? http://www.about-siding.com/removing-vinyl-siding-installed-over-wood-siding-to-restore-house-to-original-condition/16/ Your Questions, Our Answers Mon, 21 May 2012 06:31:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: J C http://www.about-siding.com/removing-vinyl-siding-installed-over-wood-siding-to-restore-house-to-original-condition/16/#comment-21 J C Thu, 18 Oct 2007 19:05:03 +0000 http://www.about-siding.com/removing-vinyl-siding-installed-over-wood-siding-to-restore-house-to-original-condition/16/#comment-21 Go to a local hardware store and purchase a zip tool for vinyl siding. You can remove panels at varies spots on your house.cut away the foam board and take a look. To remove the siding fully is not a dificult job and you can do it your self to save a lot of money. the big cost would be a dumpster. Even if you ned to replace a few boards you could do it your self. If all the clap boards are rotted you can to replace this your self since it is not very difficult,, but time consuming. If you do tear off the siding and have to tear off all the clap boards you have options for a fibre cement board siding to replcae the wood which does weather much better. Go to a local hardware store and purchase a zip tool for vinyl siding. You can remove panels at varies spots on your house.cut away the foam board and take a look. To remove the siding fully is not a dificult job and you can do it your self to save a lot of money. the big cost would be a dumpster. Even if you ned to replace a few boards you could do it your self. If all the clap boards are rotted you can to replace this your self since it is not very difficult,, but time consuming. If you do tear off the siding and have to tear off all the clap boards you have options for a fibre cement board siding to replcae the wood which does weather much better.

]]> By: stedyedy http://www.about-siding.com/removing-vinyl-siding-installed-over-wood-siding-to-restore-house-to-original-condition/16/#comment-20 stedyedy Mon, 15 Oct 2007 22:45:07 +0000 http://www.about-siding.com/removing-vinyl-siding-installed-over-wood-siding-to-restore-house-to-original-condition/16/#comment-20 There is no way to know until you take the vinyl siding and foam off. Sixteen years is not a long time for cedar siding. If there is anyway to contact the people who put the vinyl on, ask them why they did it, Perhaps they just didnt like painting. There is no way to know until you take the vinyl siding and foam off. Sixteen years is not a long time for cedar siding. If there is anyway to contact the people who put the vinyl on, ask them why they did it, Perhaps they just didnt like painting.

]]> By: Archer http://www.about-siding.com/removing-vinyl-siding-installed-over-wood-siding-to-restore-house-to-original-condition/16/#comment-19 Archer Mon, 15 Oct 2007 21:53:04 +0000 http://www.about-siding.com/removing-vinyl-siding-installed-over-wood-siding-to-restore-house-to-original-condition/16/#comment-19 We had a house in the NorthEast that had vinyl siding over Cedar wood. Don't judge by my experience but it was a real mess when we took the siding off...besides moisture damage there was mold everwhere and a lot of the shingles had to be ripped off. big $$$$$$$... We were told by one contractor that the wood shingle should have been removed prior to installing vinyl siding. Be prepared for the worse....hope for the best We had a house in the NorthEast that had vinyl siding over Cedar wood. Don’t judge by my experience but it was a real mess when we took the siding off…besides moisture damage there was mold everwhere and a lot of the shingles had to be ripped off. big $$$$$$$…

We were told by one contractor that the wood shingle should have been removed prior to installing vinyl siding.

Be prepared for the worse….hope for the best

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