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title: Can we use surplus decking material to replace clapboards?
description: A contractor informed me that the association is using surplus decking material to replace clapboarding and casements, as opposed to replacing like-for-like. The look of a building's side certainly is different when clapboarding and decking are mixed.
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# Can we use surplus decking material to replace clapboards?

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## What do you think? Question:

A contractor informed me that the association is using surplus decking material to replace clapboarding and casements, as opposed to replacing like-for-like. The look of a building's side certainly is different when clapboarding and decking are mixed. I know that decking material is prepped differently than clapboarding. Are there any valid reasons for doing away with this practice?

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