In the greater Vancouver area, we receive a lot of calls regarding replacing rotten siding or replacing rotten fascia boards. People call us to replace a small part of their siding or a small part of their facia that has rotten. The problem with rot it is never a small area and it is almost always more than what the eye can see. Please see pictures below that looks like just from first glance a small repair of wood siding, maybe a few boards that need to be replaced.
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| rotten siding before |
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Rotten siding before
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The pictures above are of wood siding of a house located in Burnaby BC. The wood siding just looks like it is chipping a little bit and a few boards would need to be replaced. We thought it would be an easy fix and a full day worth of work to replace some boards but when we started taking the boards off it turned out there is much more going on underneath.
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| Rotten siding wood |
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| Rotten siding wood |
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| Rotten siding wood |
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| Rotten siding |
As you can see from the pictures the all of the wood under the siding is completely rotten. When we took the first piece of wood siding off we noticed under the piece of siding it was all rotted and a carpenter ant jumped out. Each piece of siding that came off it just got worse, and we saw more and more rot. The first areas we started taking the siding off from it was so rotten that you could stick your finger through the wood. There was a wasp nest under the siding, and also an ant colony. When the siding is rotted like this there is nothing you can do but replace all of the sidings because you can not even put a nail in rotting wood that is falling apart.
In this particular case of rotting siding how the rotting started was because the person who installed the siding did not seal it properly. When you look for the cheapest way to install or repair your siding you also get a cheap job that will cost you more in the long run. Water and moist is what causes rot for wood siding and facia so if you start to see siding or facia separating you should get that taken care of right away before the wood starts to rot.
When it comes to repairing rotten wood you never know how much work there is until you start taking things apart to do the job. If a contractor gives you a set price before knowing what is under or without knowing what they are dealing with then you will end up with a surprise.
If you are experiencing some rot on your deck, facia, or siding please give us a call at 604-343-5763 to take a look or check out our website at http://quicksidekick.com/lowermainland-BC/
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