Easy Siding Repairs Starts With Caulking
If you live in a home that has siding, there's a good
chance that you might need to apply some caulking to it every once in a
while. One of the easiest repairs any homeowner can do is to fill any
cracks, gaps or holes in your siding with caulking.
If you have a whole larger than a dime in your siding, you might want to
fill it with some type of epoxy or wood putty, depending upon which type
of siding you actually have. Obviously this wouldn't work on vinyl
siding and might not be recommended for cement fiberboard siding.
These types of siding repairs should be made at least once a year,
because some types of home siding expand and contract. As a matter of
fact, I can't think of one type of siding that doesn't expand or
contract during severe temperature shifts. In other words, as the
weather gets warmer, most home siding will expand and when the
temperatures start working their way towards freezing, they will
contract.
The more often that these materials expand and contract, the more
problems you will have with your siding joints. In other words, your
exterior siding might have problems in the future and will require
regular maintenance like caulking and filling in large gaps.
I don't recommend purchasing the cheapest caulking you could possibly
get, to fill these gaps in your siding. The more expensive caulking
seems to expand and contract a little better than some of the cheaper
ones.
Most important tip of all that I could give you about purchasing any
type of caulking for your home siding is to make sure that it's
paintable. Some silicone caulking can't be painted.