Installing Siding On Old House

To install vinyl siding to the soffit and fascia area on your home nail lengths of j channel along the inner edge of the fascia leaving the nail heads out about 1 32 to 1 16 of an inch.

Installing siding on old house.

Also vinyl siding can act like an exterior vapor barrier trapping moisture within the walls and abetting decay. How to install lp smartside trim siding part 2 pro2pro. Next measure and cut the siding to fit the measurements of your soffit and push each panel into the j channel. Instead remove the old siding and consider using fiber cement siding fibrecem corp p.

Snap vertical chalk lines at each stud location typically every 16 or 24 inches. Pull up as. Box 411368 charlotte n. Installing vinyl siding over wood siding wood must be sound.

Recorded live from the jobsite of our 2019 idea house in new canaan connecticut this old house host kevin o connor meets up with lead carpenter gordon jacobsen of karp associates to install a building material called lp smartside trim siding. Installing time saving shingles with this old house general contractor tom silva. Get professional looking watertight results with these residing techniques. If the wood siding is beveled or lapped you.

In this video i am using lp smartside lap siding to side my house. In very cold weather vinyl cracks easily and its color will fade over time. Vinyl siding must be installed against a flat surface. Existing wood siding must be in good shape with no rot or mold and fastened tightly to the wall.

704 588 6693 as an. Soffit and fascia if the soffit on your home wraps around a corner as with a hip roof you ll need to make some. Mice bees and all sorts of other critters love making their home inside vinyl corner posts. Slide the zip tool under the butt edge.

Locate studs by tapping across the wall with a hammer. You ll need a zip tool to remove siding. See below for a shopping list and tools subscribe to this old house. Working with vinyl siding.

Soffit and fascia starting with the soffit nail lengths of j channel against the inner edge of the fascia board. Slip 12 inch wide splines of felt behind the corner boards and the side casings next to doors and windows. I am using special siding clamps that lets me do everything solo. 13 simple vinyl siding installation tips use the wider starter strip.

The bottom of the starter strip the part the bottom panel hooks on to should be at least. Cap the corner posts.