Really Cheap and Easy Siding - Fine Homebuilding
WEBOct 17, 2003 · Use 4×8 sheets of cement board siding. Need 26 sheets at $16/each for a total of $400ish. Then would require paint. I would rather spend less since we’ll be ripping it out. 3. sheets of corrugated metal. Would look sort …
How to Choose the Right Siding for Your House
WEBInstallation boosts cost. National averages indicate that it costs as much to install a square of fiber cement—$121—as it does to buy it. There are a few reasons for this: Fiber-cement siding is relatively heavy (a 4-ft. by 8-ft. panel weighs 73 lb., compared to about 20 lb. for a 12-ft. piece of 8-1⁄4-in. lap siding).
Tin can siding - Fine Homebuilding
WEBJun 24, 2003 · Started to think unconventionaly a couple of months ago. Came up with the idea of saving all the cans from food, cutting out both ends, cutting along the seam, flatten out… and viola’, a shiny shake. Clean and polish, then dip in a good metal sealer. Apply just like regular shingles. Very small lap showing, of course.
cheap garage siding - Fine Homebuilding
WEBNov 15, 2002 · I am looking for an inexpensive solution to siding a garage addition. I can get rough-sawn spruce or pine locally (Mass.), but the existing garage is smooth-planed, probably cedar, and shaped (an old variation of tongue and groove).
Vinyl Siding - Please help educate me - Fine Homebuilding
WEBMar 29, 2010 · Resheath as needed and add a house wrap or builders felt paper before installing any new siding, be it vinyl, cement board, or wood. You will recover the additional cost of house wrap and insulation in the first few years, in energy cost alone. junkhound | Mar 30, 2010 03:43pm | #6. Vinyl siding = yuk.
plywood siding w/o sheathing? - Fine Homebuilding
WEBDec 19, 2005 · I’d like to use a exterior grade furr plywood siding. Typically the manufactured panels will come with the sheathing wrapped in the housewrap ready for the vinyl siding. They use 1/2″ plywood shear panels on the corners and 1/2″ rigid insulation off the corners. The local panel mfr. does not offer installed windows in their panels.
Kickout Flashing: How to Flash Troublesome Roof-to-Wall …
WEBThe narrower step flashing just isn’t wide enough to protect the intersection fully. 10. Finish with tape. Finally, the housewrap can be laid up on the wall to cover the top of the kickout diverter and step flashings. I cut the wrap at the turnout in the diverter and seal the top of the cut with housewrap tape.
tyvek and siding - Fine Homebuilding
WEBDec 21, 2004 · Siding can go on right after Tyvek, Just make sure your wall sheathing is dry before you Tyvek. blue_eyed_devil | Dec 24, 2004 05:14am | #5 PhillK, it was my understanding that Tyvek has an exterior face, and an interior face.
Video Vault: Plywood Sheet-Metal Brake - Fine Homebuilding
WEBNov 13, 2008 · By Charles Miller Issue 200. This tip from the Video Vault, courtesy of David Kalin of Kaneohe, Hawaii, and demonstrated by Chuck Miller, is a simple method for bending steel, copper, or aluminum flashing on site. As Chuck points out, the flashing can run as long as you’ve got friends to hold it, but David’s improvised brake works if you ...
Builder's Grade vs. Other Grades - Fine Homebuilding
WEBSep 9, 2006 · Builder grade vinyl is probably thinner than "good" vinyl siding. We change the course of history,everyday people like you and me. DanH | Sep 10, 2006 03:46am | #7. Yeah, in vinyl siding it'll be thinner and less UV-resistant, meaning that it will fade and haze quickly. Also likely won't lay as flat.