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Posted by I Love Lucy on June 1, 2006, 9:50 am
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> I Love Lucy wrote:
>> > This past weekend we put a new roof on our house. In the process of
>> > removing the old shigles and flashing, I had to pull off some of
>> > the
>> > cedar shake siding. I now have areas that need to be patched with
>> > new
>> > shakes. How difficult is it to patch cedar shingles? Does anyone
>> > have
>> > a
>> > suggested technique?
>>
>> I read how to do it once and can't remember. I've done some googline
>> and searching the archives and can't find anything too helpful. I'm
>> interested in the answer because before I have my house painted, many
>> damaged shingles or ones with ugly holes in them I would like
>> replaced.
>> If I find out, I will get back to you if my news server(s) don't go
>> down
>> again.
>> >
>
> the beauty of cedar shake siding is that you can patch it easily. how
> you do it depends on how they were applied. a lot of times, siding is
> double coursed, meaning there are two layers of shakes---one that you
> see and one underneath to block rain from getting through the cracks
> in
> the outer course. patching really just requires common sense. if you
> have to remove a shake in the middle of a wall, then you have to get
> the nails out from the course above it. this can be difficult because
> the inner course is often nailed separately and you won't have easy
> access to those nail heads. sometimes a sawzall works to cut the
> nails
> off.
>
> fine homebuilding has had articles about sidewall shakes...these
> articles are available for purchase on their website, i believe.
Thanks for the info. I did read something about getting up under the
shingle above it and sawing off the nail, then calking it. Someone
around here should know, and if they don't, do you have a link to that
website? I can try to google it, did find several sites, but then the
links usually sent you to pages with ads. Don't need that.
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