How To Install Vinyl Siding Over Shakes

These concerns need to be addressed and dealt with before you consider installing vinyl over wood or else you might.

How to install vinyl siding over shakes.

This is our most comprehensive. Installing vinyl shake siding. Use the temperature indicator provided on the panel as a guide for the amount of space. We cover how to move doors and windows and create a weather proof exterior.

Snap a level chalk line around the bottom of the house about an inch above the bottom of the existing wood siding for a steel starter strip. Was the problem that they put new siding over old or that they put new siding over a rotted wall with no drainage plain in between. Use plastic or wrap. Rot and deterioration is something that shows up as you install the siding.

And in the 30 plus years installing vinyl i have never had a recall from problems that were missed during the job or were the results of the installation. Depending on your homeowner s preference you can install the shakes on an entire wall or as a wainscot with traditional siding above. Install plastic or woven house wrap. Space panels at various temperature ranges.

Nail the starter strip to the siding aligning the top of the strip with the chalk line. If the job had been done right the house would have been a total loss. And there again i realized the importance of installing a good house wrap in this case i installed one that allows better drainage behind the shingles siding. No siding manufacturer voids a warranty for installing siding over existing siding.

The most common practice when installing vinyl siding over existing wood shingles or clapboard is to first put up rigid foam or fan fold. Skip this step if the wall has siding and trim installed. On my new build house i also did shingles. These products are designed primarily to pad imperfections on the walls so the new layer of siding will lay flatter.

Not just another vinyl siding installation video. Perfection shingles like any other outdoor plastics expand and contract with the change in temperature. Also as the original outside shingles had been removed i had the opportunity to blow in insulation all around the house from the outside. Fastening strips are the key to vinyl installation.

Installing vinyl siding over wood shingles or siding results in problems including hidden rot and deterioration beneath the vinyl siding having less protection against weather elements and inconsistent thickness to the walls.