Pine Siding Maintenance

How to clean wood siding.

Pine siding maintenance.

Maintaining natural wood siding is a lot easier if you dedicate a weekend once per year to cleaning the wood all the way around the house. Dirt provides a food source for mold and mildew and the sun dries out the wood and fades the tint in the stain. Pine has been the traditional siding in the northeastern us for several hundred years along with cedar shingles. The two culprits that contribute the most to finish degradation are dirt and sun.

While numerous products are lower maintenance if you have the skill not too much required and time to keep it up a good bit required it should be fine. Repairs to wood siding require the expertise to remove the damaged siding while leaving surrounding siding intact. We manufacture and retail all of our log siding knotty pine paneling kitchen cabinets flooring doors log railing log stairs and many other quality log home products. It is always easier to apply a maintenance coat with a light cleaning or sanding rather than having to bring the finish back down to bare wood and start over.

The paint or stain coating the wood must be in good repair or water can damage the wood. Painting is the standard protection. The nations leader in quality log siding knotty pine paneling and log home products. Unless you have the skills hire a professional carpenter or siding contractor.

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