Have a client that wanted some brick molding on a window repainted. It is FJ pine and there was 3/16″ difference between some section. I am going to replace it with some cellur PVC.
But the real problem is that he had some seedling setting in front of the window and had a sprayer on the daily.
I did not see any rot around the window.
But the bottom edge of the siding was saturated and starting to get soft. And it might only be in the first 1/4″ – 1/2″ or so.
The siding is t-111. It has a fake grain pattern and the groves appear rough. So I don’t think that it is plywood. Possibly some kind of OSB-based product. IIRC the house was built in 1989.
I told him that siding was damaged and would probably need to replaced at sometime in the future.
But I am wonder what I can do to seal that bottom edge to extend the life.
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A-holes. Hey every group has to have one. And I have been elected to be the one. I should make that my tagline.
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For a bandaid, remove anything really punky, and then thoroughly dry it out. Apply wood consolidator (the stuff used to prep wood for epoxy repair). Might get a few more years if it's maintained.
I had a client that had rot issues on a great deal of T-111 Siding but didn't want to replace it all.
So I removed the bottom 1' and replaced it with a cedar 1x12 around the whole house. Sealed bottom of the T-111, used step flashing, installed new felt against the house, and primered both sides of the 1x12 prior to installation.
Looked fine when it was finished and was a heck of a lot cheaper than residing the house.
Ott
Minwax Wood Hardener--paint it on until no more is absorbed. I think Abatron sells a similar product too.
That issue is what caused the old LP lap sidingto become the start of many a law suit.
The edges of that paneling will absob and hold moisture. Dry out and consolidate what you can , or cut it off and trim the bottom. Then all of the house needs to have the bottom of the panels primed and painted. I would bet it never was originally.
I can't believe that we agree, do what he said Bill
Not the answer you want, but son replaced all his siding 2 years ago, it was that LP ####, installed in '91. Plain tore it all off and put on cement board (hardi).
Looked at the LP stuff before he made that decision, and even though I still have a stock of Penta and even creosote, even those 2 anti-rot heros would not even have helped, the LP cr$p just started disintegrating, only a few places that got wet near the ground, but he had the $18K on hand it took at the time to hire it done vs. me doing it. <G> .