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Wood Siding Maintenance

To maintain the appearance and useful life of your wood siding, it is important that your home maintenance program include the proper care for your wood siding.

For wood siding to protect your home, the wood must be protected against the effects of water, wind, sun, and insects.  See also: Vinyl Siding, Brick Siding, Pest Control, and Foundations.

Shown below are the recommended routine maintenance tasks for your wood siding.  

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 Maintenance Task:  Inspect and maintain wood siding

 
       
    How do you inspect and maintain wood siding?  

 

 

The following maintenance tasks should be conducted for your wood siding:

  1. Prune trees, shrubs, and bushes so that branches do not rub against the wood siding.

  2. Check all surfaces for weathering and paint failure.  Re-paint or add a stain or water-repellant as necessary.

  3. Re-nail loose siding (use rust-resistant screws); replace rotted areas; repair splits as necessary.

  4. Check for termites, carpenter ants, and wasp's nest.

  5. Pressure wash and clean siding as necessary, or re-paint.

Take special care to ensure that ground, debris, leaf piles, etc are not touching your wood siding.  This can lead to insect infestation.

 
       
    Why is it important to inspect and maintain wood siding?  

 

 

Unprotected wood siding risks being destroyed by insects, mold, and mildew.  And rotten wood can allow water damage to occur inside your home.

 
       
    How often should you inspect and maintain wood siding?  
    Perform annually (May).  

 

 

 

   
    How does Home-Wizard rate the costs and benefits for this task?  
    The cost of this task can be significant from an investment of time, depending on the size and condition of your home.  
         
    The benefits of this task are relatively high, in that proper maintenance of your wood siding helps prevent costly damage from pest infestation, water damage, more expensive repairs, etc.  
       
    Overall Home-Wizard benefit-versus-cost rating (one 'hat' = low and four 'hats' = high)  

 

 

 

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