Replacing Wood Siding With Vinyl

Consider replacing rotted areas with fiber cement siding.

Replacing wood siding with vinyl.

Vinyl siding must be installed against a flat surface. We want to replace the siding with vinyl or something cheaper if thats possible. The house we are the process of purchasing currently has wood siding with no plywood underneath. Where siding meets a roof it will rot if the siding touches the shingles.

Vinyl siding is not maintenance free. Gap between siding and shingles. Ask this old house general contractor tom silva helps a homeowner repair sections of his vinyl siding that have holes. The process of replacing rotten wood siding isn t difficult.

Subscribe to this old house. Good quality wood siding can cost 250 more than vinyl siding of similar quality. To estimate siding replacement costs. Vinyl siding installation is designed to hang loosely on the sheathing so that it can expand and contract with temperature changes.

The house is a one story three sided duplex and half of the front is brick. If the wood siding is beveled or lapped you will need vertical furring strips 16 inches apart covered with rigid foam board to provide a. In this video i am using lp smartside lap siding to side my house. For more expensive materials such as wood fiber cement and stucco you should expect to pay 12 000 to 23 000 for installation on an average sized home.

Maintenance of wood siding vs vinyl siding. For cheaper siding materials such as vinyl and engineered wood siding you can expect to pay 6 000 to 13 000 for installation on an average sized home. I am using special siding clamps that lets me do everything solo. The dangers of replacing rotten wood siding on your own.

The steps involve cutting away the rotten siding clearing out the old nails cutting the new siding to the appropriate length and fastening the siding as well as caulking it to make the siding watertight. Vinyl is not much better. Aluminum siding dents scratches and tears. The houses on the inside is 1020 sq ft if that helps.

If you know someone who has had siding for several years they may confirm that this substitute siding is not what the advertisers claim. Part of this higher expense is the result of the material itself but it also has to do with the installation labor as well as the volume of trim and paint required to finish the siding. Gap at all ends. To prevent the relatively thin panels from buckling observe these fitting and nailing rules.

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