Vinyl Siding Brands - Contractor Talk
Apr 7, 2006 · Kinda pricey, but it installs beautifully. Only hang up is new construction windows with the 3/4 or 1 inch channel around the window requires stripping the new window out slightly to make it level with the siding since the Polar Wall is nearly 1-1/4 thick. Ladwig Construction . Hennessey, Oklahoma . 405 853 1563 .
Vinyl Siding Brands | Page 2 - Contractor Talk
Feb 25, 2006 · Windows, Siding and Doors. Vinyl Siding Brands. Jump to Latest 21 - 24 of 24 Posts. 1 2. L. losthenfound
Cedar shake vinyl siding - Contractor Talk
Oct 1, 2012 · 37 posts · Joined 2010. #1 · Oct 1, 2012. I couldn't find a recent post about cedar shake vinyl siding. Obviously price is almost always a consideration, so I'd like to know what an estimated cost per square would be for various brands, but I'm really interested to know what brands to look at for the most natural and realistic cedar shake.
condensation behind vinyl siding - Contractor Talk
Jan 31, 2008 · If not, in the cold weather, moisture from the inside can condense on the inside/back of the siding under many different conditions. House wrap is not intended to stop the flow of water vapor, only moisture. Dick. Engineer, designer and consultant recently active domestically and internationally on construction and design in about 40 countries.
LP Smartside: Yea or Nay? - Contractor Talk
Jan 6, 2022 · Smartside is 16 foot lengths. Fewer butt joints. Smartside is easy to cut, dust is not an issue. They do make gecko gauges for the 3/8 material. . With Hardie board, - A guillotine and a nibbler make for a nearly dust free installation. On either one, I …
Nailing vinyl siding: into the studs? - Contractor Talk
Mar 16, 2022 · If OP was dealing with foam sheathing then you got to nail to studs. I have a job now that is ext. siding replacement that has ext. foam sheathing with horizontal vinyl that is being replaced with 10" steel vertical board & batten. Have always used wood sheathing for this reason as well as others.
Royal Building Products - Contractor Talk
Jul 24, 2010 · 5035 posts · Joined 2008. #2 · Jul 24, 2010. im not south im on the canadian east coast, its the only brand of vinyl we use. readily available a ton of colors and styles.. and a good price compared to other brands of vinyl. the only issue we have had with it is the gc not ordering enough boxes and our old labour running into the corners of ...
Bending vinyl siding | Contractor Talk - Professional Construction …
Dec 14, 2014 · 9652 posts · Joined 2011. #3 · Dec 14, 2014. I try to stay away from vinyl siding, not a good product in this part of the country. I take it you are talking about maybe bending in a brake and continuing on around the cornor. Have not ever done it with vinyl , but do it all the time with steel. But seeing how they make vinyl trim coil really ...
Siding Choices | Contractor Talk - Professional Construction and ...
Dec 12, 2011 · Once we reached the last full piece of siding under a window, we flopped the plastic out over the siding and used the bottom edge of the locking fold as a guide to cut off all remaining plastic off the bottom. it looks alot like what you have done there, just ours went all the way across the bottom and 12" wide up the sides of the wiindows.
Grinder to cut vinyl - Contractor Talk
Mar 8, 2015 · BradingCon. 492 posts · Joined 2010. #11 · Mar 8, 2015. I was just talking about in cold weather. In warm weather straight cuts are made with a backwards plywood blade in a circular saw setup in a homemade jig. Then, windows, doors, etc. are cut out with the grinder. But in cold weather the circ saw chips vinyl badly.