Wood Siding: repair or cover with new

olive · 01-24-2007, 07:32 PM

My wood siding has some areas with dry rot, not too much. I want to know whether I should repair the small areas with dry rot or repair and cover over with hardie siding? The siding is not over the entire house, only about 1/3 of the house.

From what I've read on the forums so far, it seems that hardie siding requires alot of maintanence. I only want to paint about every 10 years or so (length of a good paint job), but everyone is saying that hardie needs to be recaulked every 5 years.....is this true?? If that is the case, would it be better to repair or use redwood planks for siding?

asbestos · 01-25-2007, 04:22 AM

In the Pacific Northwest, I have seen 10 Y/O Hardie that looks great. But don't cover, repair unless it is crappy siding to begin with

glennjanie · 01-25-2007, 03:27 PM

I vote for repair first but, if that is not possible, you live in a good place to use redwood. The hardie siding may be just fine but it makes me think of the asbestos shingles of the late 40s and 50s which I don't think much of.
Glenn