Do not cover it with a tarp or plastic. Putting wood siding on a house is relatively safe as long as the installer remains on the ground. When high rows of siding must be installed, ladder safety ...

While wood siding tends to look impressive, it is a risk for house fires. Wood is a combustible material, meaning it can go up in flames when exposed to high heat. Wood siding can ignite ...

Q. My wood siding is warped/buckling. What's going on? A. Warped or buckling siding is often a sign of a moisture problem in the walls of the house. It also can be a sign of structural failure.

Wind: To gauge siding’s ability to stay attached to a house during a windstorm, we subject siding attached to wood studs to an environment that simulates high winds. The best products stay ...

Q: We had aluminum siding removed in late spring 2021 and found most of the wood siding underneath was good. We replaced some and had the house painted. But the paint is already peeling — mostly ...

Dear Jerry: We recently had trees cut down that were too close to the house. Now I'm noticing that the wood clapboards on the exterior siding on the front of the house are curling up and the nails ...

I have wood siding and there is a bit of rot (not to mention my puppy thought the house was a chew toy). I am trying to decide what is best both from an environmental standpoint as well as my budget.

The house, fourth from the right, covered in yellow siding in 2017 “It was kind of an interesting project because the owner was interested in making it look similar to houses of that era,” Koelbel ...

A clapboard house has wooden siding positioned horizontally. Today, many people imitate clapboard with synthetic siding. The DeHart House is shown in 2006. The beautiful DeHart home on Tottenville ...