I’m new to this site and also new to home improvements. I do consider myself handy and mechanical so I figure I should be able to pull this off.
I did watch a video online about replacing pieces of lap siding and I think I have it pretty figured out. My problem also seems to now include having to replace some of what’s behind the siding. There are some bad looking pieces and when we get a lot of rain it does leak into the garage. It looks to be the lap siding and then some sort of drywall and then the studs. I don't know for sure but shouldn’t there be some sort of wood in between the siding and studs?
And I pulled a couple small pieces of the lap siding off and about the bottom 12 inches are some other kind of drywall or something that has a putter netting layer.
So my question is once I get all the lap siding off that needs to be replaced and see how much of the wall needs to be replaced do I take all the “drywall” that needs to be replaced off and replace with drywall or wood? Can I use “wafer board”? Should I put some kind of waterproof paper layer over the wood before putting the lap siding on?
I did try posting a few pictures so show some of what I’m working with.
Thanks for reading and I appreciate any advice I can get
I did watch a video online about replacing pieces of lap siding and I think I have it pretty figured out. My problem also seems to now include having to replace some of what’s behind the siding. There are some bad looking pieces and when we get a lot of rain it does leak into the garage. It looks to be the lap siding and then some sort of drywall and then the studs. I don't know for sure but shouldn’t there be some sort of wood in between the siding and studs?
And I pulled a couple small pieces of the lap siding off and about the bottom 12 inches are some other kind of drywall or something that has a putter netting layer.
So my question is once I get all the lap siding off that needs to be replaced and see how much of the wall needs to be replaced do I take all the “drywall” that needs to be replaced off and replace with drywall or wood? Can I use “wafer board”? Should I put some kind of waterproof paper layer over the wood before putting the lap siding on?
I did try posting a few pictures so show some of what I’m working with.
Thanks for reading and I appreciate any advice I can get