How To Install Vinyl Siding Over Shakes

Not just another vinyl siding installation video.

How to install vinyl siding over shakes.

Skip this step if the wall has siding and trim installed. This is our most comprehensive. On my new build house i also did shingles. These concerns need to be addressed and dealt with before you consider installing vinyl over wood or else you might.

Fastening strips are the key to vinyl installation. And in the 30 plus years installing vinyl i have never had a recall from problems that were missed during the job or were the results of the installation. Perfection shingles like any other outdoor plastics expand and contract with the change in temperature. No siding manufacturer voids a warranty for installing siding over existing siding.

Was the problem that they put new siding over old or that they put new siding over a rotted wall with no drainage plain in between. Installing vinyl siding over wood shingles or siding results in problems including hidden rot and deterioration beneath the vinyl siding having less protection against weather elements and inconsistent thickness to the walls. Use plastic or wrap. Use the temperature indicator provided on the panel as a guide for the amount of space.

The most common practice when installing vinyl siding over existing wood shingles or clapboard is to first put up rigid foam or fan fold. Also as the original outside shingles had been removed i had the opportunity to blow in insulation all around the house from the outside. Depending on your homeowner s preference you can install the shakes on an entire wall or as a wainscot with traditional siding above. Rot and deterioration is something that shows up as you install the siding.

If the job had been done right the house would have been a total loss. We cover how to move doors and windows and create a weather proof exterior. Snap a level chalk line around the bottom of the house about an inch above the bottom of the existing wood siding for a steel starter strip. These products are designed primarily to pad imperfections on the walls so the new layer of siding will lay flatter.

Space panels at various temperature ranges. Install plastic or woven house wrap. And there again i realized the importance of installing a good house wrap in this case i installed one that allows better drainage behind the shingles siding. Nail the starter strip to the siding aligning the top of the strip with the chalk line.

I ve seen house fires where the vinyl siding burned off only to reveal the superior asbestos shingles underneath which saved the house.