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.

Step 4 install a 1 4 inch roundover bit into your router and set the depth to1 4 inch. Tap flat bar under siding to loosen nails. Long time sawyer bob pierce operates the radial saw at ward clapboard mill in moretown vermont. Sawing siding for the cottage using a bandsaw.

0 315 in x 48 in x 96 in. Keep the boards pressed against the table and the fence and feed them slowly to avoid chipping and splits. Cutting clapboards issue 67 when remodeling or building additions it is often necessary to cut existing clapboard siding along a vertical line. Run your siding stock across the table saw with one 3 4 inch edge down cutting a bevel along its length.

Just sharing some of the different methods i ve used for cutting hardieboard siding. Pull loose nails from clapboard siding. Use flat bar to carefully pry up the siding course above. Re siding traditionally most beveled clapboards were layered.

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 48 563 in x 95 875 in. Grab butt edge of damaged clapboard and lift up sharply snapping it off. Secure old siding by driving ring shank nails down at an angle through the old nail holes.

Pull nails from split clapboard.