Patching wood siding

Ryan Holton · **Posted:** Mon Mar 19, 2007 4:11 pm

T-111 siding to be exact. Why didnt God allow us to create vinyl siding 20 years earlier?

I have 2 spots on my soon to be sold house that need a little "patch", anyone have any experience fixing this stuff?

I "hopefully" have a contractor (#2) coming out tomorrow to take a look at it. Contractor #1 must have been abducted by aliens :roll:

BretLuter · **Posted:** Mon Mar 19, 2007 7:11 pm

Bondo.

I'm serious. I don't see why it wouldn't work.

Bret

ChuckNelson · **Posted:** Mon Mar 19, 2007 8:56 pm

I think, for a clean repair, you need to replace the whole sheet. Still not a big deal, except you get to paint 32 square feet.

Ryan Holton · **Posted:** Mon Mar 19, 2007 9:07 pm

ChuckNelson wrote:

I think, for a clean repair, you need to replace the whole sheet. Still not a big deal, except you get to paint 32 square feet.

Yeah I got a contractor coming out to look at it tomorrow. Only problem is my house was built in 1981, so finding a match is gonna be tough.

Bret, if I were just keeping the house, its not bondo but damn similar. Elmers makes a Epoxy kit just for wood.

Ash Nelson · **Posted:** Mon Mar 19, 2007 9:12 pm

Our house is held together with plumbers putty installed by pervious owners. Stuff is tough I tell ya.

steve remchak · **Posted:** Mon Mar 19, 2007 10:25 pm

is it Masonite Ryan? it pretty much has to be cut out and replaced. that is to do it correctly. my house was repaired with "water caulk" and paint prior to my purchase. of course now that we are selling, i have to replace boards.

Ryan Holton · **Posted:** Tue Mar 20, 2007 7:27 am

steve remchak wrote:

is it Masonite Ryan? it pretty much has to be cut out and replaced. that is to do it correctly. my house was repaired with "water caulk" and paint prior to my purchase. of course now that we are selling, i have to replace boards.

Nope T1-11

Frank Catena · **Joined:** Wed Aug 27, 2003 1:08 pm **Posts:** 418

Ryan,

Hard to tell what your options are w/o a pic, but I can tell you from experience that this stuff works:

http://www.rotdoctor.com/

If you have enough wood missing that you need the epoxy filler step then the problem will be trying to match the rough sewn texture of the T-111 surface.

Frank

Chuck Frank · **Posted:** Mon Mar 26, 2007 8:16 pm

So much depends on where the damage is and how extensive it is, what's behind it, as well as how important the esthetics are. It's likely you can match what's there, T111 hasn't changed much since it came out. comes in three thicknesses, several different grooving patterns.
If you haven't found a contractor that can do it, PM me, I can offer some specific suggestions if you want to tackle it yourself. It's not really that difficult to work with. Main tool you'll need is a skill saw plus basic hand tools.

Ryan Holton · **Posted:** Mon Mar 26, 2007 8:29 pm

Chuck Frank wrote:

So much depends on where the damage is and how extensive it is, what's behind it, as well as how important the esthetics are. It's likely you can match what's there, T111 hasn't changed much since it came out. comes in three thicknesses, several different grooving patterns.
If you haven't found a contractor that can do it, PM me, I can offer some specific suggestions if you want to tackle it yourself. It's not really that difficult to work with. Main tool you'll need is a skill saw plus basic hand tools.

Got it covered, found something "close enough"

Thanks!

TomFreeman · **Posted:** Mon Mar 26, 2007 9:55 pm

Ryan Holton wrote:

Chuck Frank wrote:

So much depends on where the damage is and how extensive it is, what's behind it, as well as how important the esthetics are. It's likely you can match what's there, T111 hasn't changed much since it came out. comes in three thicknesses, several different grooving patterns.
If you haven't found a contractor that can do it, PM me, I can offer some specific suggestions if you want to tackle it yourself. It's not really that difficult to work with. Main tool you'll need is a skill saw plus basic hand tools.

Got it covered, found something "close enough"

Thanks!

And guaranteed, whatever "close enough" solution that Mr. Holton found...it isn't that bad.

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