Across this siding I have a 2-by-12-inch board. My question is, should I caulk the top of the board to keep water from coming between the 2-by-12 and the siding or is caulking not necessary?

Choose your poison: ugly bulging caulking or ugly aluminum strips. If the siding was put on in the summer and the contractor fit the ends tightly as you do with cedar, you would have seen large ...

For an easier, nearly as good fix that keeps water out and is almost invisible from several feet away, fill the hole with caulk that matches the color of your siding. Home centers don't usually ...

House wrap works as a water barrier behind the siding to prevent water damage to your home. Any vertical seams in the house wrap will need caulking. Later, you’ll need to caulk between the house ...

br><br>Anyway, she advised I use some caulk to seal some seams between the siding and the concrete step foundation wall.<br><br>I was thinking of using clear at first, but I heard that can yellow ...

The water would dribble down the wall behind the siding and eventually evaporate. Of course, at this point you probably have no way to know how the window was installed. So caulking the gap ...

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This reduces the amount of caulk you need to use and makes it a lot more stable and less likely to fail. If you have vinyl siding on your house and you have a hole or cracks, rain and other ...

Mild detergent or other cleaner specifically formulated for aluminum siding should be used. Wherever two building materials join, use caulk to provide weather resistance. Apply caulk around all ...

Q: I have a shed with fiber cement siding that is disintegrating a few inches around the bottom. The rest is in good shape. We previously replaced half a panel, using bent metal channel and caulk ...