Can you advise me on whats best for replacing and painting trim on house exterior?
We will be painting our house exterior and the trim is in really bad shape. In some areas I will need to replace the wood, what kind of wood is best to use? Can I just use normal pine or will that not last? Also, would nails be ok or should I use screws to attach. Many spots around the house the nails are pulling out from the walls and the trim is barely hanging on.
Hiya Baxter.
Grade A Clear pine is the best to use, but the grade B would also do just fine. Prime all the sides of the wood, allow to dry then cut and install. Use galvanized 6d or 8d ring shank nails to fasten the new wood to the building. The ring shank nail holds better over long periods of time. Screws could be used, but you’d see the heads from a distance. I hope this helped, good luck.
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Hiya Baxter.
Grade A Clear pine is the best to use, but the grade B would also do just fine. Prime all the sides of the wood, allow to dry then cut and install. Use galvanized 6d or 8d ring shank nails to fasten the new wood to the building. The ring shank nail holds better over long periods of time. Screws could be used, but you’d see the heads from a distance. I hope this helped, good luck.
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Cedar and redwood are naturally rot resistant. cedar is comonly used in my area and is readily available. You could use pressure treated pine also, but it is likely to twist when it dry’s out. the best nails to use are maze nails which are sold for the purpose. if the old trim is falling off though, I would suspect the underlying wood is too rotton to hold nails, if that is true, More serious work is needed. As far as paint is concerned, I recommend a solid color stain. it soaks into the wood instead of just laying on the surface, and thus lasts much longer.
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As an alternative to Pine you could use Hardi-board or appearance grade pressure treated. Hardi board is a concrete and wood product which paints easily. Pressure treated would require a solid color stain….which is available in most any color. Both products are long life.
A lot of carpenters are now using exterior grade screws as opposed to nails/ring shank. No question they hold better. On a recent project we used exclusively screws on siding……the trick is to use a screw gun so the screw seats flush with the siding.
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