Removing vinyl siding installed over wood siding to restore house to original condition?

My wife and I just purchased a 16 year old house late 2006. The previous owner was the only owner and right after he bought the house in 1990 he had vinyl siding installed over the cedar wood siding (with foam insulation in between). My wife and I would like to restore the [...]

I have Aluminum siding on my house and I want to put Vinyl siding on. can I put the vinyl siding over top.?

I have tar paper under the original siding already and I was told by one contractor that I could just put vinyl siding right over top but another contractor told me I needed to take the aluminum siding off and start all over again, so which is it?

Can I apply stucco over vinyl siding?

Our house is 80 years old, insulbrick then old vinyl siding. Can I put stucco and cover the whole mess up? Perhaps with the mess screwed well into it to hold the weight. Some also suggested to bolt in 2X10s, then an inch of styromfoam insulation, then stucco over top. [...]

can you put vinyl siding over alluminum siding some say no ?

some people say you have to rip off the aluminum siding before putting on vinyl ? Is there anything wrong with putting the vinyl right over top ?

Do I apply superthoroseal over regular thoroseal for my foundation?

The above ground foundation below my siding is regular cinder block. It looks like the coating or parging is starting to chip. Do I repair this with a product like thoroseal? Then can I coat it with a more decorative waterproofer like SuperThoroseal? Anybody use these products or something similar? I’m not sure how to [...]

Can I put vinyl siding over the shingles on my house?

Can the vinyl siding go direct into wood shingles and still look good? Or do i have to strip them all off?

Cleaning vinyl siding on house that is over 12 feet above the ground?

The north side of my house is covered in mold on the vinyl. We live on a VERY steep mountain and a ladder would be very dangerous on our land. What would be the best way to clean it? I’ve read of power washers, but that you can’t spray them upwards otherwise [...]

Is fiber cement siding easier to apply than vinyl over the existing masonite siding?

Can I install insulation board and vinyl siding over my current asphalt shingle siding? Will it cause problem?

Vinyl Siding over aspahlt shingles. Row home built in 1900. Siding needing to be replaced is in back. I do not want the hassle of pulling down, but will hammering in 1/2″ insulation board then vinyl siding be detremental?

How do you remove the electric meter form the house to place over new vinyl siding?

I am in the process of vinyl siding my house. The building inspector said that I could not J-channel around the meter and that the meter box needs to be removed and installed on the surface of the new vinyl siding. It is my understanding that there are four screws behind the meter which holds [...]

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