I was hoping to avoid vinyl siding, since the house is a 'folk' Queen Anne house. There are a lot of angles and details that would even challenge vinyl siding...
That was my thought when I first bought the house; to just patch the siding. But I've found out, by taking various samples around the house, that the siding has the same weight and consistency as balsa wood - very bridle and light weight. So, it will have to be replaced in the next or so (it's...
The foam is literally glued to the back side of the decayed siding. When the foam is strayed onto wood, it gets embedded into the wood fibers. When I remove the siding, most of the foam will come with it.
I'm currently restoring an old 120 house, which amazingly still has it's original siding. It is old growth fir (true) 1" x 6" ship lap siding. But it has deteriorated to the point of needing replacement (and not just patching).
My problem is that there is that:
There is no sheeting on the...