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Every Reason Why Asbestos Siding Removal Cost Is Worth Paying
Highlights The cost of asbestos siding removal averages $5,700, but a typical range is between $690 and $20,000. So...
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Cost of Stucco vs. Siding: 8 Pricing Factors to Know When Redoing a Home’s Exterior
A well-kept exterior can make a home look more inviting. Homeowners whose houses are looking a little drab may be con...
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How Much Does Board and Batten Siding Cost?
Highlights It typically costs between $4,000 and $14,000 to install board and batten siding, while the national aver...
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How Much Does Stone Veneer Siding Cost?
Highlights The typical cost range to install stone veneer siding on a home is between $13,000 and $22,000, while the...
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How Much Does Fiber Cement Siding Cost?
Highlights Installing fiber cement siding typically costs between $6,555 and $22,851, or a national average of $14,6...
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Preparing Your Home for Natural Disasters Can Pay Off—Here’s How
This is the fourth installment of Bob Vila’s Most Valuable Projects of 2023, a month-long series featuring high-ROI h...
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14 Things You Should Never Clean With a Pressure Washer
Pressure washers are invaluable tools for removing graffiti, dirt, and other stuck-on debris from surfaces, but there...
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How Much Does Hardie Board Siding Cost?
Highlights The typical cost range for Hardie Board siding is from $6 to $13 per square foot. Some of the most influ...
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12 Exterior Paint Colors That'll Help Sell Your House
Like the hues you choose for indoor spaces, exterior house paint colors should put a smile on your face day after day...
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The Best Palm Nailers
Palm nailers are light, compact, highly maneuverable, and easy to use. Just load a nail into the front, position it, ...
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How Much Does House Siding Cost?
Highlights It typically costs between $5,576 and $17,529 to install siding on a house, with a national average cost ...
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It Pays to Make These 5 Curb Appeal Updates
This is the second installment of Bob Vila’s Most Valuable Projects of 2022, a month-long series featuring high-ROI h...
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10 Siding Options to Beautify Your Home
There are so many ways to clad your home’s exterior. Which is the most durable? Least expensive? Learn more about them so you can choose the best option for your ...
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The 10 Coolest Things We Saw at the 2022 International Builders’ Show
Back in action after a 1-year hiatus, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) welcomed enthusiastic exhibito...
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7 Types of Brick All DIYers Should Know
Bricks are used regularly in commercial, industrial, and residential construction because they are durable, long-last...
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How Much Does Vinyl Siding Cost?
Highlights The cost to install vinyl siding ranges from $6,370 to $17,615, with customers paying a national average ...
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The Best Power Scrubbers Tested in 2023
Cleaning the bathroom, banishing grease and grime from car tires, and getting a heavily trafficked tile floor or ceme...
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The Best Siding Nailers of 2023
Siding helps protect the structure of your home, adds an extra layer of insulation that can lower your energy bill, a...
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The Best Roofing Nailers for Shingle Repair
While replacing or repairing a roof can save you hundreds in labor costs, attempting a complete roofing job with a ha...
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Testing the 9 Best Exterior Caulks of 2023
Exterior caulk is a thick, viscous solution that comes in a long tube and is applied with a caulking gun and is an ea...
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These Classic Vinyl Siding Colors Deliver Curb Appeal for Years
Boost your home’s curb appeal with one of these gorgeous vinyl siding hues, from classic neutrals to trendy bold colors.
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What's the Difference? Shiplap vs. Tongue and Groove
If you’re a fan of modern farmhouse style, or simply watch a lot of decorating shows on TV, you’re undoubtedly famili...
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Solved! What Is Trisodium Phosphate, and Is it Safe to Use?
Q: My wife and I recently bought a fixer-upper home, and are doing a lot of the repairs ourselves. Some of the projec...
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10 Reasons to Reconsider Vinyl Siding
Today's vinyl siding products can mimic wood, insulate your home, and even stand up to tornado-force winds, making them a highly desirable exterior cladding option.
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What's the Difference? Vinyl vs. Engineered Wood Siding on Sheds
Sheds perform a number of functions, from storing tools and lawn equipment to serving as a child's playhouse. Whateve...
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Solved! What to Do About Woodpecker Damage
Q: Woodpeckers recently swooped in on my property and did a number on my cedar tree, siding, and roof. How do I plug ...
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Summer Is the Best Time for These 6 Home Improvements
If you’ve been thinking about tackling some home improvement projects this summer, don’t delay! The dog days of summe...
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How to Clean Brick, Indoors and Out
The naturally distressed patina of brick adds to its desirability indoors and out, but too much dirt accumulation can...
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All You Need to Know About German Smear
Worn-down bricks make any home look unfashionable and outdated. Instead of shelling out big bucks to repaint their ex...
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How to Pressure Wash a House
There may not be a magic wand to instantly banish years of mildew, soot, dirt, and grime from your home’s exterior, b...
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All You Need to Know About Stucco Homes
Stucco siding, a type of hand-troweled masonry plaster consisting of cement, water, and sand, is a definitive feature...
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How To: Whitewash Brick
Seems like just yesterday that the red brick in your family room looked perfect, but tastes change with time. Now you...
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5 Things to Know Before You Invest in New Siding
This article has been brought to you by Sears Home Services. Its facts and opinions are those of BobVila. com. The bl...
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How To: Maintain Stucco
Over the course of millennia, builders have used everything from animal horns to whiskey in the making of stucco—an a...
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How Long Does Exterior Siding Last?
This post has been brought to you by Sears Home Services. Its facts and opinions are those of BobVila. com. There's a...
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How To: Clean Exterior Siding
Day after day, year after year, exterior siding protects your home from the elements. It's the first line of defense ...
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How To: Remove Vinyl Siding
Buckles, splinters, and cracks, oh my! These are all clear-cut signs that your vinyl siding needs to be replaced. Des...
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7 Signs Your House Needs New Siding
It's a cruel fact: Those factors that make home exterior siding so crucial are the same ones that undermine its performance over the long term. In other words, in...
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How To: Clean Wood Siding
Think your wood siding needs a fresh coat of paint? Maybe. Or it could be that your wood clapboard, lap, or shingle s...
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How To: Remove Paint from Brick
If you've ever tried to remove paint from brick, you know that it can be a painstaking process. Depending on the scop...
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How to Paint Vinyl Siding and Make Your Home Look New Again
A sensible siding solution, vinyl remains a popular and budget-friendly choice for home exteriors. Many homeowners ha...
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Vinyl Siding vs. Fiber Cement: Which Is Right for Your Home?
Choosing the cladding material for the exterior of your home involves the careful evaluation of several factors. Of c...
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What Would Bob Do? Repairing Cracked Stucco
Q: My house is 55 years old and still has the original stucco. On one exterior wall, there's a fine crack with paint ...
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How To: Remove Exterior Paint with a Pressure Washer
 Before you repaint your house, you have to remove all loose and peeling paint. A pressure washer makes the job go fa...
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How To: Stain Wood Shingle Siding
 Here is a helpful tip if you are thinking of staining some cedar shingles.  To protect new shingles, apply a penetra...
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How To: Paint Brick
There are a host of reasons that homeowners choose to paint brick:• If a brick fireplace is out of sync with the deco...
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How To: Paint Aluminum Siding
Aluminum siding first became popular in the wake of World War II, when this metal, which had been so crucial to the w...
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Stone Veneer 101
The pharaohs capitalized on the beauty and strength of stone, overseeing the construction of architectural gems whose...
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Bob Vila's Guide to Exterior Siding
The exterior of your home faces a ceaseless barrage of threats from the hot sun, strong winds, precipitation in all i...
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How To: Repoint Brick Walls
Brick houses are hard to damage. Anyone familiar with The Three Little Pigs knows that. Inevitably, however, there co...
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All You Need to Know About Engineered Siding Products
Whether it's called SmartSide, Catawba, or TruWood, engineered wood siding products all claim to have a technological...
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Types of Wood Siding: Your Guide to 5 Popular Home Cladding Options
Wood is a perennial favorite choice for siding options throughout the United States and Canada. Whether it is vertica...
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Stucco 101
Animal hooves and horns. Wheat paste. Urine. Beeswax. Rye whiskey.  No, these aren't the makings of a potent witches'...
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Vinyl Siding 101
Sometimes you’ve got to hand it to prehistoric man. Not because he discovered fire, and not because he invented the w...
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Fiber Cement Siding 101: What to Know About Cost, Maintenance, and More
While it’s been around for years, there are several reasons that fiber cement siding is becoming more and more popula...
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How To: Clean Vinyl Siding
Vinyl siding is a durable, versatile, and resilient building material, but it does require some routine care and clea...
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Fall Home Maintenance Checklist
Fall is just around the corner: time to get your house in shape for the cooler months ahead. Although autumn can be o...
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Planning for Soil Conditions and Setting the Footings
Bob introduces homeowner Howard Brickman. Steve Ivas, an environmental engineer, describes the area wetlands, which must be accommodated. Innovative building tech...
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Installing Fiber-Cement Siding and Cellular PVC Trim
While the house is being dried out, fiber-cement siding is put in place, as well as a cellular PVC trim that has the look of wood boards without any of the hassles.
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Reviewing the Modular Home's Exterior
Bob surveys the modular home project in the Berkshire Hills of Western Massachusetts, paying special attention to the products used on the exterior of the house.
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Steel Bulkhead, Cedar Siding and Metal Flashing, and Standing Seam Steel Roof Installation
In a progress report, Ted Riley shows Bob the pre-primed red cedar siding , the heavy-duty metal Bilco bulkhead installation, and the Quechee home's standing seam...
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Drywall Installation
Bob walks through the farmhouse interior and points out some of the challenges the home's design posed for the drywall contractors.
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Exterior Painting With an Airless Sprayer
Latex paint is being applied on the exterior of the Vermont farmhouse by workers using airless sprayers.
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Installing Smartside Engineered Wood Siding
Bob meets Lance Olson of Louisana Pacific as LP's Smartside lap siding is installed on a Mashpee house.
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Relocating the Front Door
Bob works with the general contractor Charlie Tomaszewski to move the Medford project home's original front door, so they will be able to frame up a new foyer.
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Laying Precast Foundation System and Discussing Engineered Wood
Carpenter Bob Ryley meets with Jim Whiteside, construction manager with Habitat for Humanity, and Dennis Hodgrin of APA.
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Touring the LP Engineered Wood Siding Plant
Bob visits Two Harbors, MN and tours the plant where Louisiana Pacific manufactures a line of exterior trim products.
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Plastering the Walls
Tim Smyth, the plastering contractor, provides a drywall update and offers a few tips on quality, speedy installation.
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Installing the Siding
Volunteers are on-site at the Habitat for Humanity Blitz Build in Yonkers, NY, working hard on the siding.
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Painting With Low-VOC Paint
Bob learns about exterior paint that can be applied at temperatures near freezing, and also about low-odor low-VOC paints.
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Installing Cedar Trim and Clapboard Siding
Work has begun on the exterior finish. Contractors are installing the cedar trim, casing, and grounds, and continue on to begin installing the clapboard siding.
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Cement Fiber Siding Installation
Bob confers with contractor Arnold Johnson (from Crosswinds Enterprises), as he adds siding to the accessible home.
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Installing Clapboard Siding on the Front Porch
Bob and carpenter Cortney Lofton install clapboard siding on the front porch of the bungalow. In addition, they reinforce the gable to correct an existing sag, th...
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Prepping the Home's Exterior
Alongside restoration specialist Richard Marks at the Federal-style home in Charleston, Bob watches painter David Snyder scrape and sand old wood siding.
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Working With Exterior Trim
Bob and contractor Bob Ryley create an overhang detail with eyebrow returns and cedar plywood siding.
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Finishing the Interior and Exterior
Bob and contractor Bob Ryley install southern yellow pine plywood on the interior of the garage. On the exterior, Bob talks with Greg Binford about adding a stain...
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Adding Clapboard Siding
Contractor Bob Ryley explains the process of installing the new clapboards. Using galvanized nails, the boards are added in a staggered pattern for better visual ...
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Constructing a Clapboard Sunburst Fan
Bob joins siding contractor Brian Quinn, who is constructing a beautiful gable-end sunburst fan from clapboard siding. Quinn explains how to lay out the center mo...
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Reviewing the Electrical Wiring
Bob goes over the electrical wiring with John Hickey. Also, cedar clapboards are put up on the exterior.
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Vinyl Siding
Contractor Carleton Bergere explains the advantages of vinyl siding and demonstrates how to install it.
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Painting the Exterior
Bob joins Ron Boyajian to talk over painting the exterior clapboards. The surface is power-washed, sanded, and primed. Then, acrylic paint is applied. The painter...
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Exterior Cladding
Bob looks on as general contractor Tim Berky clads the Queen Anne Victorian project house with clapboards, taking cues from the home's original 1890s exterior.
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