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Author Message   Abn14 Citizen Username: Abn14 Post Number: 5 Registered: 9-2004 Posted on Thursday, February 17, 2005 - 10:07 am:        I want to remove the vinyl siding on my house and try to restore the old wooden clapboard underneath. Any suggestions for someone who can remove the siding? Thanks   gj1 Citizen Username: Gj1 Post Number: 120 Registered: 11-2003 Posted on Thursday, February 17, 2005 - 11:17 am:        I saw Rutgers doing this to a house on Valley Street last year. I believe it was the first house on the right after Baker Street as your traveling towards Springfield on Valley. It's a greenish brown color and looks so much better than it did before the work. At a minimum they'll have to fill A LOT of nail holes before painting. The siding and trim may also need work if they had deteriorated or were destroyed when the vinyl siding was installed. But...it will look great when done. Good luck!   Mergele Citizen Username: Mergele Post Number: 253 Registered: 7-2003 Posted on Thursday, February 17, 2005 - 5:01 pm:        Three cheers for you, Abn! Vinyl siding is evil and should be banned. Removing the siding isn't generally too big a deal, but depending on what you find underneath, you may have some work to do before repainting. If you're lucky, you'll just have to deal with nail holes and restoring exterior window casings. I know Old House people who've actually uncovered elaborate gingerbread detail in mint condition. On the downside, siding has a nasty habit of disguising insect and water damage. But far better to find it and fix it now, before it causes real trouble. I imagine that anybody who does exterior carpentry could give you a quote on this if you don't want to take it on yourself. Take photos!!   Bobkat Supporter Username: Bobk Post Number: 7632 Registered: 5-2001 Posted on Thursday, February 17, 2005 - 6:10 pm:        Unfortunately a lot of vinyl jobs involve cutting off details such as the "horns" at the bottom of windows and other such shortcuts that can be expensive to fix.   redY67 Citizen Username: Redy67 Post Number: 610 Registered: 2-2003 Posted on Friday, February 18, 2005 - 9:59 am:        I don't believe that Rutgers removes siding, we had a quote from them a couple of years ago, and they said at that they don't remove siding.