Ceder Siding To Caulk Or Not To Caulk???

Dave Mac

what do you guys do when it comes to caulking ceder siding, i have seen it not caulke and was fine, and i have seen it caulked and it was fine.

Ive always thauoght if its not caulked dont caulk it, and it is caulked well you know caulk it.

But I really cant decide if one way is better or not, since i have seen them both be succesefull,

what do you guys do.

thanks
dave mac

phinsher

I'm assuming we're talking about painted siding, if so we always paint it.

Keeps water out and looks better.

PAINTWERKS

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Definitely caulk it all in. Looks more like a finished product. We use Vulkem or OSI stuffs awesome pricey but awesome. Keeps all water,bugs,etc out.

Grumpy

I'm not a painter, but I do install cedar siding and I always caulk all the joints. If I am installing a prefinished product which I do mostly, I use a color OSI match caulk. If I install a non finished product I usually go with a 3m paintable caulk.

AAPaint

Always caulk the ends, don't ever caulk the underside of any lap siding though.

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Dave Mac

Thanks for the responce's guys, thats what i was leaning more to, but it always hep to know the opions of other pros

PAINTWERKS

I was curious do you guys caulk the underneath area where the fascia meets the soffit. I was taught not to for ventilation purposes.

Thanks Dan

phinsher

Paintwerks, we don't caulk between the facia and soffit unless the soffit is vented. If it is vented then we caulk it.

allsolutions

caulk just end to end. the siding has to breath, so dont caulk under each lap.

Dale

I think the call to caulk or not depends on the fit. I've seen quality siding jobs that caulking would be a waste of time..and I've seen siding applications with 1/4 " gaps at the ends.

I'm talking about staining either semi or solid. For a paint job...'prolly caulk it.

PAINTWERKS

Thanks Phinsher that what I thought.