Skip to main content
Stesso

Caulk Gaps and Seams

1:05
10:16
945.4K views

At 1:05 in

How To Paint A House. The 4 Step Process To Painting Your Home.

Watch on YouTube

What happens here

Apply exterior caulk to all cracks, gaps, and seams on the house siding, trim boards, nail heads, corner boards, and soffit vents. For newly installed trim, caulk all nail heads. Caulking the trim around entryways and windows improves the aesthetic appeal and helps seal out insects. For soffit vents, caulking can prevent them from detaching over time. Allow the caulk to dry completely as per manufacturer's instructions before proceeding.

Goal: Seal all cracks, gaps, and seams on the exterior surfaces

Tools and materials

  • Caulking Gun
  • Gloves
  • Utility Knife or Caulk Tool
  • Exterior Caulk

What they say

Hide

I'm going to show you what we and what we sand and some of the things we actually prime. So, stay tuned to the video on how to prep a house. So, you can see I'm in this entryway right now. One of the things we do on the entryway, we coaul any the trim boards on the entryway cuz we want it to look really nice, neat, and tidy. And on the house, cocking all the nail heads on the house. As you can see right here, this type of cocking on the entryway is purely for looks, but it does keep bugs out of all these cracks and stuff that we've got cocked here. [Music]

Auto-generated from the video audio.