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Who To Side With
erhaps your old aluminum
siding has outlived its Assuming that you are good to go,
day. It has been on your you need to take a trip to your
house for forty some years, and local home improvement store.
it shows it. You would like to Most home improvement stores have
make a change and you would like a wide variety of building
to do the work yourself. Before material siding. There are
jumping into anything, you had probably some house siding
better give it some thought. alternatives that you have not
even considered. By browsing the
The aluminum siding was put on siding section of the store, you
your house for a reason. It is may get a new home siding idea.
covering up damaged siding that
was original to the house, or Most people choose vinyl siding
worse yet, asbestos siding. because it is somewhat easy to
Removing aluminum siding is not install. There is an array if
hard at all, but be prepared for house vinyl siding colors to
what you might find underneath. choose from. Should you need
If you find asbestos siding help, Home Depot siding
underneath, you will have to find installation instructions are
a professional who has the means available. You may want to
to remove it. If you have other consider vinyl siding and
siding problems, you may first replacement windows. Your home
have to address them before improvement store can help you
applying new siding. It is best here also.
to find a section of the house in
the back, perhaps around a If you decide to go with a house
window, where you can peel back a siding alternative such as cedar
small area to see what is lapboard siding, there is a lot
underneath before proceeding. more that you will have to know.
Before doing any installation, applying cedar lap siding.
you must acclimatize the wood
first. That means that you must Before you start ripping that
stack the wood by your house, off siding off of you house, give
the ground, covered from the this some thought. If you feel
elements, but allowing air to that this project is more than
flow between the planks. This is you can handle, then consult a
so the boards will swell or siding and window contractor. You
contract before being applied. may just want to do the
You also need to apply finish to preparation work and have the
all sides of the boards before contractor finish the job.
installation. There are certain
types of nails to use, furring It is always best to side with
strips, vapor barriers, and a the right people.
whole lot more to learn before
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