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My 24x24 garage at home has the old masonite siding.
It's time to do something with it. My idea is 29 gauge white steel at $2.60 lin.ft.
For now the roof is fine shingled 9 yrs. ago.

I'm wanting to just go right over the masonite with horizontal 1x6s top to bottom 2 ft. Spaceing ,screwed into the studs then on with the steel. My reason for not wanting to strip the masonite is there is no sheeting under it , just at the corners. It is sheeted with cdx on the inside.
So what's the verdict ?:D
 
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My 24x24 garage at home has the old masonite siding.
It's time to do something with it. My idea is 29 gauge white steel at $2.60 lin.ft.
For now the roof is fine shingled 9 yrs. ago.

I'm wanting to just go right over the masonite with horizontal 1x6s top to bottom 2 ft. Spaceing ,screwed into the studs then on with the steel. My reason for not wanting to strip the masonite is there is no sheeting under it , just at the corners. It is sheeted with cdx on the inside.
So what's the verdict ?:D
Make it hold up for 50 years or dont bother with it.
 
Maybe a layer if house wrap over the Masonite to protect it from the moisture and allow the Masonite to stay dry and be useful as a substrate . . .

Probably cheap insurance. . .
 
I would put a layer of moisture wrap straight onto the masonite as posted above. Then straight with the metal siding and without stripping with the 1 by 6 s. Just make sure your screws are long enough to go thru the masonite and into the cdx a 1/2 in or so....
 
Tyvek and I would insulate it too.
A neighbor built 2x4 walls around the outside of his house. He went outside as the inside was lathe and plaster. He framed up walls, ran new electrical through them while living in his house, insulated, and closed it up with new windows. It had deeper window sills inside. It's now a lot cheaper to heat and cool.
 
I used to put a lot of vinyl siding over old Masonite. It has really almost NO structural strength. And it falls apart if it gets wet on the back side. Your idea of stripping over it with 1x6 would probably work very well. But, I agree with the others that say to use house wrap over top of it first. AND, use quality TYVEK wrap. I have used other big box store brand stuff in the past, and found it rotted and disintergrated within 10 years. Fell apart to almost become confetti. Use the good stuff! Or another idea that would work, is to use the 1/4" fan fold insulation backer that is used under vinyl siding. That would give you an additional, small R factor gain in insulation. (I forget how much, probably another R-1 or so...)
My workshop/garage is actually a post frame, pole barn style building, with the metal roofing and siding skin attached to 2x4 purlins at 24" O.C. I built it 20 years ago, and am still very happy with it.
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Thanks guys, I had not thought of wrapping it 1st. Or the fan fold.
That's the kind of info I needed.
This garage was built in the early 70s , I bought it 20 years ago off another lot and moved it to our place.
I have kept it painted but that masonite is showing its age, time to update it.
Thanks again.
 
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Lowes sells metal siding that is identical to the step siding used in commercial warehouse construction.

When I bought it, it was very affordable.

It's not really advertised, you have to ask at the contractor desk.
 
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