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Installing Clapboard Siding on the Front Porch
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" Now you've removed all the clapboard that we're in this little gable end and what was wrong with the actually there -- just weather beaten and this being on the south facing side. It's just this on us all intents and -- a warped at all apart. And it's one of the most decorative parts of the house obviously presents to the street but they'd gone to the trouble of creating this this and usually gave me. Dutch cable Kennedy tea and there was also a decorative element here kind of that we have to rebuild right right. OK were there any structural problems there was a sad -- In between the span in the world columns that was like happened saying -- down correct so we injected applicant over compensated it. And we'll -- the new clapboard on that'll act somewhat innocent here in Atlanta hold it in place that might molded in place OK he didn't do little reinforcement with some blocks down. But otherwise everything in here looks good I don't see any rocker insect damage or anything like that and then at all well what's the first weaponry in every building this out ahead. -- They don't look around the paper. Should I put my sentence -- yes actually we'll bring it out. Because this acts as a moisture barrier correct. We had found the house that didn't have anything. And."
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" Based on such an intense side of the weather that. We stopped tinian it sweating of that happening. On behind the hood. Stop Iraq -- it -- OK and this'll just be stable inflation -- yes. All right now we're ready to start putting up some clapboard right yes there and these are redwood redwood tree is. Clever. We'll start just at the very bottom. I've got a hammer Korea is this still available this particular time the plant yes and actually. It would be hard to get back east. And we're budding them right up -- Yes he's an eight foot pieces of space about a half in south side of short about a half an inch here. That's what else they're actually these are sort go to our standard and adhesives -- it. So once we put qualities that you think this'll really act almost as if it weren't sheet of plywood to help keep the yeah. The -- from sagging and yet there were hoping so about -- to -- I was neat about these little -- wood clapboard is that they ship -- they call one right over the other. And you don't have to worry too much about whether they're all level or not. You start off French become one more. OK -- got to comment. All right -- corner boards really. But the finishing touch on a couple of coats of paint is -- look just like the original. Buck court he wasn't there design on this thing kind of like up. Applied wood or something yeah I was like star embers. We had taken the scraps of the last piece -- a week earlier yeah. Sounded just wasn't as much as we can -- this template that entry into the shop. And duplicated on a red yeah this was applied and I assume that it was original and concepts outlined that he had just applied right over it to you just makes them on the stud -- and that you're going to make when out of redwood in your workshop yes."