Old Cement Siding

Recorded live from the jobsite of our 2019 idea house in new canaan connecticut this old house host kevin o connor meets up with lead carpenter gordon jacobsen of karp associates to install a building material called lp smartside trim siding.

Old cement siding.

The siding on this gothic revival style home looks like wood clapboard but it s actually fiber cement painted a custom color. It is available in a variety of sizes and shapes to match many of the old siding shingles installed over the last 60 years. How to install lp smartside trim siding part 2 pro2pro. The presence of old dirty demotion materials may suggest that old asbestos cement shingles have been removed from the.

Weatherside fiber cement siding is the one and weatherside fiber cement siding is the one and only solution for replacing or repairing old asbestos siding shingles. Now a home can be built having the beauty and charm of an antique log home while eliminating the time and expense required to maintain real wood logs or wood log siding. 7 inch wide smooth lap siding primed about 1 50 per square foot picking the right siding for your house is a delicate balancing act between good looks durability maintenance and affordability. Old kentucky logs concrete log siding is a patented system that reproduces to the most minute detail the look and feel of antiq ue hand hewed logs with dovetailed corners and accessories with the strength and durability of long lasting concrete.

If a siding company removes an outer layer of siding and finds an older layer of asbestos cement siding beneath the standard procedure is simply to cover it over with new siding rather than remove it.