Homemade Clapboard Siding

When choosing lumber for your clapboard siding project consider soft woods such as pine and fir.

Homemade clapboard siding. It is a series of wedge shaped strips of overlapping wood that shed water very efficiently and can last for a century or more. Then i take another cut. Clapboard is a very simple and ingenious invention. Starting at either end make a series of marks along one edge each equal to the clapboard s exposure to the weather.

They have less tendency to warp and swell. Now how a person fastens the clapboards can make a difference. While it used to be known to crack and fade with time technology has advanced making vinyl siding more durable and effective and a good alternative to clapboard. The scale of your dollhouse matters when selecting materials to make clapboard siding for your dollhouse.

My father takes off the clapboard and loads it on a trailer while i lift the cant and put shims under it. For 6 inch siding that s 4 1 2 inches. Wooden coffee stirrers craft sticks and tongue depressors all make good clapboard once you trim the round ends and decide whether or not to stain weather or paint them. Usually a spacing jig or roofing jig is installed to form the base of clapboard sidings.

The best way to make this fix would have been to remove the entire piece of siding as all the clapboards in that area spanned the entire 12 wall. For instance an 8 inch clapboard with 6 inches to the weather would mean only 2 inches is being overlapped. Make a swing stick photo by david carmack. We have wood drop siding and thanks to mother nature working her magic one piece had a good bit of rot.

Woohoo time to dig out a few tools and perform some emergency clapboard siding repair. Clapboard siding can be installed by homeowners without using professional services. Sawing siding for the cottage using a bandsaw. Some pros to vinyl siding are its affordability as well as the fact that it doesn t have to be.

To ensure that the courses are evenly spaced make a swing stick from a straight 1x3 at least 6 feet long. Wooden coffee stirrers craft sticks and tongue depressors all make good clapboard once you trim the round ends and decide whether or not to stain weather or paint them. While my father is removing that clapboard i am taking out the shims so i can make the second cut. Nov 15 2013 the scale of your dollhouse matters when selecting materials to make clapboard siding for your dollhouse.

Vinyl siding is an alternative to clapboard and has grown in popularity since the 1950s.