home repair: Aticle 4 of the Essential Maintenance Series
- 11/18/11 05:55 AM
Cleaning and Caring for Siding By: John Riha Published: August 31, 2009 Cleaning and repairing your home's siding once every year will pay off in the form of a long life and increased value for your home. Cleaning wood, vinyl, metal, stucco, brick, fiber-cement siding All types of siding benefit from a good cleaning once every year to remove grit, grime, and mildew. The best way—whether you have wood, vinyl, metal, stucco, brick, or fiber-cement—is with a bucket of warm, soapy water (1/2 cup trisodium phosphate—TSP, available at grocery stores, hardware stores, and home improvement centers—dissolved in 1 gallon of water) (2 comments)