Siding How To & DIY
Improve the value of your home by discovering our siding step-by-step tips & ideas.
How to Repair Stucco
Read these steps for repairing cracked and buckled cement-plaster siding.
Patching Wood Siding
Need to replace some of your home’s wood siding? For great results, handle those fragile clapboards with care.
Patching Wood Siding
For great results, handle those fragile clapboards with care
From the Ground Up: Roofing and Siding
This Old House general contractor Tom Silva shows how he installs roofing and siding to keep a house buttoned up and dry.
For the Love of Vinyl Siding
Look beyond the never-to-be-settled debate over siding's merits/sins. It's an affordable, energy-conscious update. It can even look good.
Replacing Corner Boards
Trade weather-beaten wood trim for a lower-maintenace alternative.
Selecting a Cedar Shingle
Red or white? Re-shingling their house in Manchester, the McCues have ended up with the best of both colors.
How to Hang Clapboard Siding
Tom Silva's step-by-step method for hanging clapboard to keep it level and watertight.
Vinyl Siding: Selection, Cost, and Installation Tips
How to pick quality vinyl siding and the contractor who installs it.
Why Is My Paint Peeling?
Bad paint jobs can happen to good people with old houses — even when they listen faithfully to everything the paint salesman tells them. The reason is a surprising revelation about the compatibility of oil and latex paints.
How to Repair Water-Damaged Siding
Replace water-damaged siding with fiber cement