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June 8, 2023

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Video by The Idaho Painter

The Idaho Painter

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This video demonstrates the process of repairing water-damaged composite siding, a material often mistaken for natural wood. It details how to identify the unique characteristics of this siding, remove compromised sections, prepare the underlying structure, install new panels, and properly seal the joints to prevent future water intrusion. This project primarily falls under 'Home Repair' or 'Exterior Home Maintenance' and does not contain content relevant to 'Tools > Electrical & Wiring Tools'.

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90% of the sighting up here in Idaho, it looks like wood, but it's actually not wood, so the trapping is a little bit different here than it is in other parts of the United States or even other parts of the world and just to give you an idea, this is the sighting. It looks like wood, here's a piece of it brand new that I just replaced. It's very susceptible to water damage. So you can see this was getting hit by the sprinklers. And all it really is is ground up wood fibers that's really just glued together. It's got a paper on it and then it's pressed to look like wood. And what I call it is glorified cardboard sighting. So this is it, when water hits it, it just crumbles up. So the trapping process is a little bit different. You can't sand this. So people see us not sanding and stuff and treating it a little bit differently because it is different.

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