Repairing Wood Siding Chimney

The roof of your home requires periodic inspection and repair to maintain the materials and prevent water intrusion.

Repairing wood siding chimney.

Be sure the bottom edge is pressed firmly onto the bead of roofing cement. For example the house shown here was built just a few years before my crew and i began working on it but already the paint was peeling from the fiber cement clapboards and the corner boards had begun to rot see image 1. Chip away at the edges photo by reena bammi. Preventing rot at your wood chimney walls is mostly about maintenance.

To learn how to repair wood siding remove rotted boards with a flat pry bar. Wood lap siding needs to be caulked where the siding pieces end at the outside corners. Eye protection is a must. Another roof structure that requires care is the chimney which can suffer damage from the elements over the years.

Break off loose stucco photo by reena bammi. Wrap the chimney framing having a top quality residence wrap. I am way too scared of a house fire to say based on e text that building wood hence combustible chimney to extend repair a brick chimney is safe and ok. Continue until you reach stucco that s firmly adhered to its lath.

However there are alternative ways to extend a chimney top including a wood chase properly constructed around an insulated multi wall fire. Make sure all of the seams are sealed with tape designed for house wrap. Secure the house wrap to the wood frame with button cap nails or staples. The exterior of the chimney may require tuckpointing or replacement of siding materials to provide the best protection against moisture intrusion into the roof and interior structural materials.

You are likely to set the house afire. Protect sound siding with a scrap piece of 1 4 in. Replacing damaged siding and trim on a chimney with low maintenance pvc trim and cement fiber siding. Framed chimney chases seem to be especially vulnerable and i ve repaired a lot of them over the years.

After you remove the rotted courses use a small hacksaw to cut any protruding nail shanks or if you have a very strong grip use a good pair of wire cutters. The good news is that damage is usually limited to two areas. By the time the homeowners notice the siding is soft they ve got a real problem on their hands. When the siding isn t properly caulked and sealed the end grains of the wood suck up moisture and eventually cause the wood to rot.