Questions tagged [siding]
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Is my plan to safely remove asbestos siding sound?
After reading a some other questions I haven't found an answer similar enough for what I'm thinking about doing. So here goes.
Full disclosure up front. Before I even touch a single siding shingle, ...
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Is this "asbestos siding"?
My insurance sent me a letter today that they are cancelling my home owner's insurance, because I supposedly have "asbestos siding" on my house.
I don't really know what counts as "...
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How can I seal 8 inch round holes in my siding?
There is a nor'Easter coming today. What's a quick fix? My first home and just closed a few days ago! Help please.
The hole is 8 inches in diameter or so.
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How do I repair/prevent woodpecker holes in cedar siding?
What is the best way to patch woodpecker holes and deter the woodpeckers from returning?
I was thinking of filling the holes with Great Stuff, having the house sprayed inside/outside for insects and ...
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How can I seal a gap between floor joist boxes and foundation?
I have an unfinished basement that always has tons of beetles, spiders and cold air (yes I know most basements have this, but it is more than normal). I finally decided to take a piece of insulation ...
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What's this layer in between OSB sheathing and house wrap?
My house is in Northern California and was built within the last 15 years. I'm pretty sure I still have the original siding, which is hardboard (a.k.a. engineered wood). I've read that house exterior ...
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Why does home siding not extend to the ground? [duplicate]
I have noticed that the siding of single family homes in Colorado, at least my made-in-the-70's neighborhood, does not extend down to or into the ground. Why is this? Why not have siding (vinyl, brick,...
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Does siding rot propagate upwards?
Parts of the bottom of my siding have rotten (images attached). The wood feels soft to touch and breaks easily. The cause of the problem is probably dripping water from rain (I am not sure about this)....
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Hang 20lb projector screen on Hardieplank
The siding on my house is Hardieplank cement fiber board.
I have a 20lb manual pull down projector screen that I would like to hang onto the side of my house to create an outdoor theater.
The studs ...
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How can I fill the gaps between barn wood siding boards?
I want to better weatherproof an old shed that has barn wood siding. Most of the boards have a gap between them, and these gaps can be as wide as 3/8" although most are more like 1/4". The boards ...
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How to fix water missing gutter? [duplicate]
When it rains, water from the second floor downspout misses the first floor gutter on the right side and comes down the siding (as shown below). You can see the evidence (vegetation) growing to the ...
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Advantages to quotes from Lowe's/Home Depot vs direct from contractors?
I am looking to have vinyl siding installed on my home. Are there any advantages to getting a quote from Lowe's or Home Depot instead of contacting contractors directly? It seems that this is just ...
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Attaching a pergola (or deck) to vinyl siding
Building a structure which is attached to a house usually involves a plate which is bolted to the existing building, typically a 2x8, or 2x10. I understand how to structurally attach this, my concern ...
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How can I install a frost-free outdoor faucet with very little space?
On one side of my house, the previous owner frequently forgot to shut off the outdoor water during the winter. Given that my house is in Minnesota, it gets cold during the winter, and he had to ...
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What is the correct way to seal/flash coolant lines through siding?
Our contractor installed an AC compressor and did a poor job of it.
He ran the AC coolant lines through the middle of the wall and then just squirted some expanding foam into the hole, like so:
(Click ...
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Should I replace old wooden siding with brick?
I'll say first, that this isn't a question about DIY, but more about the idea and whether we should go through with it.
We bought our first house last year, and in the Spring this year, we are ...
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How can I replace the siding on my garage when its on the property line, and 12" adjacent to another structure?
My garage is right on the property line, and my so is my neighbors. Its not a shared wall, but the two are about a 1 foot (maybe 1.5 feet) apart. Its not enough room for me to squeeze back there. ...
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Is it a bad idea to use pine for painted exterior siding if prepared properly?
My house is about 95 years old, and currently has wood clapboard siding that is in pretty rough shape and needs to be replaced. My local lumber yard has 1/2" x 6" for $0.53/linear foot. Since vinyl ...
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What is the best way to cut metal siding for soffit vents accurately?
I need to add a bunch of soffit vents to my eves, and I have (decorative?) metal siding such as in the picture. I need to do this quickly in the next few weeks before winter. What's the best way to ...
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How should I fill in decorative "gashes" in wood siding?
Our house has old siding with decorative holes:
At first I thought this might be termite damage but a house inspector examined it and confirmed that this is purely decorative style. I'd like to ...
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Is there a quick, non-intrusive way to see what's under vinyl siding?
Currently house-hunting, and one of the very cheap, in-need-of-work houses I've looked at has the unusual feature of a foundation-to-ceiling limestone wall inside, on one of the outer walls of the ...
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Is it stupid to replace redwood siding with Hardi board or LP SmartSide? [closed]
Our house was built in 1922, and due to some ongoing exterior water damage due (I think) to poor gutters and some ice dam damage after this past horrible Minnesota winter, we have been getting some ...
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Cutting a hole in asbestos/cement siding
I'm thinking of buying a house. The outside is covered with asbestos siding. The house was built in the 1920s, but I have no idea how old the siding is.
I know that this stuff is supposed to be safe ...
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How can I install r-max insulation on the interior side of a cinderblock wall?
I am planning on insulating the lower level of my house with R-Max in a method similar to this:
I have a few question about it though:
Can I use something other than Treated wood as this is going ...
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Should I use water-resistant lumber for siding?
Our house has a frame exterior, and rests on a pier-and-beam foundation with a brick chainwall around the sides.
We recently had the house leveled, and that resulted in a gap of several inches ...
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Should I add a vapor barrier when re-siding?
I am removing the siding on my house in Montana, which was built in 1964. From inside out I have sheetrock, 4" studs with R-11 paper backed fiberglass insulation and gypsum board sheathing. I want ...
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Mounting an electrical box on wooden siding
I would like to install lights on the outside of my garage, which has wooden siding with wood about 3/4" thick. Getting power to the location is not a problem (the interior is unfinished and ...
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Do I need to caulk where my vinyl siding meets the edge of my windows?
To help prevent leaks, I was advised by a contractor that I need to caulk where my vinyl siding meets the edges of my windows. Some research of my own reveals quite a bit of debate over this, a few ...
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Brand new exterior paint is failing (bubbling) on old cedar siding
Northeastern U.S. here (very humid). Our house was built in the 1960s and we have lived in it for 14 years. Cedar exterior siding. The exterior paint has started to fail and chip away over the last 5 ...
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Should I use a roller or a brush for painting exterior walls?
I'm about to embark on painting my house. I have researched all the info here and on painting sites I can find about preparation and safety etc., but I'm still not sure the best choice regarding ...
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How do I put on siding above a slanted roof?
We're replacing siding on our two-story house currently. We can do most of it okay, but our two-car garage has a slanted roof, which mean you can't just put a ladder up there. We're thinking about ...
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Is this gap between foundation and siding supposed to be here? If not what should I fill it with?
I have hundreds of crickets in my basement every fall. I see them crawling up my foundation so when I looked underneath the siding I see this. There is what looks like ripped plastic paper but then ...
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Is it OK to caulk around an outdoor electrical panel or meter base?
I've heard that you shouldn't caulk the outside perimeter of the meter base or an outdoor electrical panel (sealing it to the house siding), because the panel needs to "breath" on the back. I haven't ...
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Should the meter base be installed before chink siding in new construction?
I'm planning to do my own electrical for a new house that will have pine chink siding. Should I:
A. Install the meter base on the OSB sheathing, and flash the Tyvek around it?
B. Install the meter ...
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Need to fill nail holes in fiber cement siding
What type of product should I use to fill nail holes in fiber cement siding? Nail holes are from a flag pole I removed.
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When re-siding a house, where should I start?
My wife and I just bought our first house and it has some rather old aluminum siding. It's a smaller house (~ 1400 sq. ft.).
We'd like to switch to wood siding, but we honestly have no idea where to ...
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How do I determine what pieces of vinyl siding to buy?
My house has vinyl siding. I am considering installing vinyl siding on a shed also. How do I find siding to match what I already have on my house? (It is only a year or two old, but installed by ...
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What is an acceptable gap between the siding and the wall sheathing?
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My home has vinyl siding installed over the original Masonite/hardboard siding. The vinyl siding wasn't installed correctly (don't caulk your J-channel, folks, or the nailing flange ...
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How should I build the walls for a tiny house on a camper frame?
I am preparing to build a tiny house on an old camper frame, and am looking for advice on how to build the exterior walls. I'm planning to use 2x3 wood studs at 24" o.c., with 1/4" plywood on the ...
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Help, need alternative to dissolving cheap T-11 siding
fall is coming and the cheap T-11 siding on my garage has dissolved along the bottom just below and above the sill pate on both sides - it will do the same in the front shortly as the siding comes low ...
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Which cheap plywood are suitable for use as siding-and-sheathing?
I know there are plywoods that are intended for this purpose, with an attractive face and often cut grooves to make it look like board-and-batten or other traditional vertical sidings. T1-11 is a ...
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How to replace siding through gas pipes
I am looking for the easiest, fastest way to replace siding in a wall where the outside gas pipe is coming into the home.
My assumption is that I'll need to turn off the gas, replace the pipe, ...
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What is the best way to mount a flag on shake (shingle) siding?
I have a house built in 1955 with shake siding that has been painted. I had a flag bracket mounted on the front wall with flanged anchors, and it held up for a little over a year (I'd take the flag ...
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What to do on the siding around a cable going into the house
I had AT&T Fiber installed today. The technician had to create a hole on the side of my garage for the fiber optics cable. As you can see, it doesn't look pretty. But I'm not really concerned with ...
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Should I replace my house wrap when re-siding?
My house was built in the 60s and doesn't have normal plywood sheathing. It has that old sheet-rock-like sheathing (it's black, I think it is exterior gypsum). Basically the walls (right now) go, ...
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How to properly repair siding holes
I noticed the AC installation by my house's previous owner left an unpatched hole in the siding, close to the ground. We have a lot of rain in the fall/winter. I don't know how long it's been like ...
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Upgrading electrical when re-doing siding & code question
I'm thinking about re-siding a house within a next year or two. It is 2-unit house, 3 floors. The third floor outlets do not have ground. Can electric wires be ran under the siding? Is this common and/...
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How to repair this metal corner siding?
My dog run attaches to the back side of my house, and every time my dog sees or hears something in the front lawn worth chasing after, she goes tearing after it around the side of the house. When she ...
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Sealing siding around a chimney
I have water coming in from around my chimney. The roofers didn’t finish it, unfortunately I just bought the house so I need to fix it myself. What’s the easiest and best solution to sealing off the ...
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Wood siding meets concrete
I recently had a concrete drive poured and it was poured up against the wood siding. Should this be caulked where the wood meets the concrete? If so what type of caulk should be used and should I ...
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