Rotten Clapboards/Trim Boards: what Tools?

[MassWineGuy]

My house has a few corners where I need to fix rotten clapboards and trim. Whatever qualities a skilled carpenter has, I am the exact opposite.

How do I saw and remove these boards with some precision? I’ve tried a reciprocating saw and a keyhole saw. Neither worked well. Would an oscillating saw be the answer?

 

[oldognewtrick]

Score the caulk joint between the siding and corner board deep enough to break the bond. Gently pry the old corner boards off.

 

[joecaption]

As Dog mentioned you should have first cut the paint line on the corner boards, but then you should have been using a cats paw nail puller to pull the nails, then the boards would have just fallen off.
To get the clap boards off you cut the paint line, tap in a flat bar where the nails are just enough to slip in a saws all blade with a metal cutting blade and cut the nails off.
After the board slides out, tap in what's left of the nail.
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[MassWineGuy]

This seems to be more than I’m capable of so I’m going to hire someone.