Wood Siding Installation and Water Damage Repair

I swapped out some rotted pieces of wood siding and sheathing on my house! Check out the process for repairing the sheathing, adding house wrap, and finally installing new siding.
Buy the 5-in-1 WORKPRO workbench here: bit.ly/35NlprZ and get 15%-off code with the code WOODS15
Don't forget to follow me on Instagram: / welcometothewoodsblog
aaannnd TikTok: / welcome2thewoods
Visit my Vetted page to see all my favorite DIY and construction tools: vetted.ai/crea...
#WoodSidingInstall

[@Robert8455]

You are amazing Melissa. Your hub is one lucky dude and you both will have an awesome lake house after you are done with your touches. Your repair job here and addressing the root cause is excellent.

[@jhold7553]

You have taken on some jobs that most homeowners wouldn't dare. Making a huge hole in the side of your house may take the cake haha. Great job showing people it can be done

[@utubewillyman]

Seriously--she's given me some courage in tackling my own projects.

[@B27-o2c]

Great video. Also, as a Lutheran, I recognized your Thrivent “Live Generously” shirt.

[@jimtalor7971]

Great start on addressing the water damaged area. I found Gate City Foundation KZbin channel a good place to get info on proper drainage near a foundation. Helped me a lot correcting the mistakes I made from gutter to flat surface and away from my house drainage. Awaiting more videos,Thanks

[@markruss5276]

You do great work! I have loved watching your videos for about a year now.

[@dennyk2294]

Nice work, your voice is so soothing.

[@JamesDeese]

Thorough job! It amazes me that so much of water problems arise from poor grading at the building site. The homeowner ends up having to do major grading themselves or pay to have it done just to keep the house they bought for a lot of money. This is a good microcosm of what needs to be done sometimes on a larger scale. It shows work that is scalable, and though physically demanding, not beyond the ability of most people.

[@WelcometotheWoodsBlog]

Agreed!

[@brucestephenson5962]

Put those safety glasses on. Good episode.

[@brucecrane9605]

You really have your work cut out for you. But, you did a great job. I really need one of those work benches.

[@Ninja47Monkey]

This is awesome, so many people don't care and/or hire someone else. I like that you took the time to make sure that cut was level, and that the house wrap was tight and lapped correctly. Also, caulking that seem "seemed." good. Not enough carpenters and builders take the care to work as if they lived there. We as professionals all see this in remodels haha. Funny thing is, I see more people in the comments saying you should do this, or that. Its annoying. Days on the job and someone just walks in and asks why didn't you do it this way, or you should have done this. Its like shut up, I'm not wasting my time explaining to you the compounding issues that required this fix.... But you're a lot better at explaining what you do and why you do it. Gotta remind myself that carpenters need people skills too lol. Great video

[@garyglenn3654]

You actually make it look easy and needless to say it is not. Great job!

[@rickknapp8319]

Good job girl I got a little chuckle when you used scissors to cut the house wrap

[@Christopher_Bachm]

WORKPRO looks remarkable. Thanks for the tip...

[@robertkerby2581]

I really enjoyed your video. Well done!

[@spk7816]

nice. You did a great job and it looks great...well done

[@Christopher_Bachm]

You are relentless. Very inspiring...

[@peterepoet2535]

Great Job, very descriptive tips and visual views of the applications of each step. Bravo.

[@richiecaelwarts7873]

Nothing worse than water problems you did a awesome job getting rid of that problem love you hard working videos great job Melissa ps your very beautiful.

[@garageshopminnesota]

Great video. How much material was removed due to mold? Honest question, but why do you feel there is no other mold issues in the house?

[@WelcometotheWoodsBlog]

We had the mold remediation company check the whole house, they have machines that read the type of mold and the toxicity level to determine if it needs removal.

[@blkstromer]

excelllent work. take a look a liquid flash, its a fluid applied chaulk that comes out of a sausage gun. great for window and door seals and where disimilar materials meet. the Build channel on YT swears by it.

[@briansworld007]

It came out great, good job !

[@regissilva3776]

Where did you buy the support for the miter saw that turns into a ladder and a transport cart?

[@HawaiianStyle1994]

Never bad to air on the safe side. Enjoyed this video.

[@odiesclips7621]

Air=Err

[@cward1954]

I've ran across a few houses where the siding had to be replaced. They put masonite siding directly on the studs.. there is no OSB sheathing anywhere. The entire house was like that.

[@rdublu8374]

House rap is an air barrier and darainage plane, not a vapor barrier. The vapor barrier goes on warm side of the wall...just saying. :-) love your channel!

[@diverdave4056]

Please wear safety glass to protect your beautiful eyes ! My friend didn't wear his one day and he helicoptered a nail into his eye ... and he is now blind in that eye !

[@big.g.fromohio3546]

Years ago I used to haul cedar siding, now days I think I would need an armed guard. Used to smell really good at the mill. 😂

[@robertgiresi9515]

You did the right thing by applying the caulking for a good air seal with the replacement plywood. I would have done the same.

[@mattiloco]

what kind of sprayer did you use ?

[@samme5513]

Brilliant job

[@dominickmanago9838]

I’m impressed with your abilities and skills but I did notice that you weren’t wearing eye protection while you hammered! Protect your eyes!

[@benjaminpurcell3498]

❤❤❤❤ awsom job Girl very nice

[@stephenkeefer3436]

Rule of thumb I learned from an old carpenter: cut cedar siding 1/8” longer than needed to allow for shrinkage.

[@funnyriverred2501]

strong work!

[@d.roach734]

Very good work 💯 love it

[@williamstubbs9737]

besides the great work, I appreciate the fact that you don't have a bunch of gaudy tattoos covering your body. you have such beautiful skin, don't ruin it😘👍

[@blissbliss3531]

between prepping and buying tools it is so expensive, but I get it, my place is 96 yrs old and these subs (some) will blow smoke up you alot and do awful work...if you can even find subs anymore around hurricane zone

[@bdlii]

I rarely watch advertisements (product placement) in YT videos as I'm not interested. After 10 seconds my muscle memory clicked the fast forward button. My brain slowly caught up to what i was watching and it looked interesting and genuinely helpful so I went back and watched it. Good ad and team up with the manufacturer. I'm going to pick one up.

[@WelcometotheWoodsBlog]

I'm glad to hear that and hope you love the workbench! I've really enjoyed using it

[@stranger9382]

👍greetings from Germany

[@handytbutler7380]

great job on that, wish my wife would do some hands on like you do lol....I would have replaced the whole bottom piece with a pvc trim board to avoid any future damage, you can paint alot of them as well.. also for future info if you replace some sheathing that might get water near it try using advantech, its a flake board plywood but nearly indestructible. i left a sheet out all winter in new york with rain and tons of snow, the whole sheet was still perfect the following year, a little gray looking but still solid.. great job on what you did though, keep it up....

[@gerardovelazquez3597]

Good job! Don’t forget to use gloves when removing old wood with rusty nails.

[@robertgiresi9515]

Great idea getting professional mold remediation. It's not a job you want to tackle yourself.

[@dalesworld1308]

Previous owner/builder ws really stingy with the siding - you only have like a 1/2 overlay!

[@BarryHull]

Thumbs up!

[@valdirzito8071]

Cianorte Paraná, Brasil

[@stevekane615]

Can’t ever have to much caulk😊

[@franciscoyague4886]

😍😍😍😍😘😘

[@jimmyrhino6176]

Daisy Duke ain't got nothing on you

[@4BikeMike]

In my professional opinion there is nothing better than tar paper as a air/drain barrier...

[@WelcometotheWoodsBlog]

They don't even sell it anymore at home Depot or Menards in my area. Why do you feel it's superior?

[@4BikeMike]

@@WelcometotheWoodsBlog I have been tearing siding off of homes for almost 4 decades and cannot remember seeing the sheathing under tar paper looking anything but like it was fairly new. I have encountered numerous times finding the sheathing behind house wrap having water stains. No one uses tarpaper anymore because of labor costs. It is more tedious and time consuming to install and must be installed tightly to the surface.. Todays cost of it is a concern too. I use tarpaper on everything I do within reason.

[@Leafgreen1976]

Imagine the wives watching you come to the yard to work and giving their husbands shit for hiring you.

[@user-DE74]

You are beautiful, from head to toe. Great looking strong legs. You are hard working and dedicated.

[@armandocarrascocarrasco9662]

Genial

[@maydieh]

💕👏

[@billbean7549]

Great Video I would strongly suggest that you not wear your rings when working.

[@رسموموسيقىالرسامعامر]

🤔🤔👍💚💙

[@Rikenzi]

Vous êtes une maman, un peu de décence dans vos tenues !